Evan stood outside the gates of the Abloure Friendship Hospital, his fingers clutching so hard they had gone white.
After thirty hours of travel, halfway across the world, he was finally here, standing face to face with the woman he had longed for day and night.
Maya wore a red-and-white dress under her white coat, patiently measuring the temperatures of local patients waiting in line.
Sunlight fell across her, softly outlining her silhouette. A gentle smile lit her face, bright and radiant, showing a side of her he had never seen before.
For ten years, he'd been used to her timid devotion, used to her eyes always fixed on him.
He had never imagined that, once she freed herself and began living for herself, she would shine so brilliantly.
His heart raced uncontrollably. Evan took a d
