“It’s not only for the forthcoming battle that I ask you to give me the opportunity to help you. But also because of what you are to me. You’re my Other.”
Her half-smile faltered. She couldn’t deny their mutual attraction. And though he had told her about the Curse, and the only way they had found to break it, she wasn’t convinced Gavin was the one man she would be tied to for life. Successful relationships weren’t her strength. She tried before, and had failed. The result was not only a broken heart, but a betrayal of trust. Her heart healed. Her trust was still wounded. He hadn’t released her arm, and his eyes were steady on her face. She supposed he could have demanded, threatened, forced an ultimatum. Instead, he’d asked, and had, in fact, scrambled for the right words as if he was co
