In the Likely Event

by Rebecca Yarros

And in the seconds it took for him to reach me, I realized it didn’t matter which version of him I was getting. I was inextricably linked to every single one of them.

It was a lifetime ago, and yesterday, all in the same breath.

That’s what Nate was to me. As far away as a lifetime and as close as yesterday, as near as twelve inches.

You are the only peace I know.