I know we’ve only just met, but this feels so right. Being here in his arms with our faces so close together is absolute bliss. Not kissing or making love, but just existing in the same moment and feeling the world come to a halt around us.
But my secret is looming over my head. I want so badly to tell him, but I’m terrified of how he will react. He could go mad with vengeful anger… or worse… he could hate me for keeping it from him.
I open my mouth, the hidden words resting on the tip of my tongue. But then, I close my eyes and see visions of people screaming as he burns down village after village in a fit of rage.
I can’t let that happen.
So I snap my mouth shut and sigh.
“What is it?” He asks as he pulls away so he can look me in the eye, “Did you want to say something?”
“No,” I s
