Celeste
“Wren, you’re asking me to take you into danger. That’s the opposite of what I want.”
“It’s your job to protect me, not lock me up. So protect me. Take me with you. I just want to be by your side.”
He stared down at me. I held his gaze and let him see everything. The fear. The determination. The love underneath both.
I could almost hear my dad’s voice in his head: If you refuse her completely, she’ll find a way to sneak and do it anyway.
He let out a groan. “Wren. I’m telling you, you’d better listen to me. No slip-ups. You stay by my side at all times. If I tell you to do something, you do it. You ride beside me and—”
I reached up and pulled his head down to mine.
The kiss was fire.
He was agreeing. He was actually putting his feelings aside and hearing mine. I poured ever
