“Samkiel?” “Hm?” I swallowed the growing lump in my throat. “Can you promise to come back? It’s just better when you are here. Even if we are fighting.” It was silent for a moment, and I was afraid he’d fallen asleep. Then I heard his hand slide across the bed and felt his finger wrap around mine. “Pinky promise.” He kept his finger interlocked with mine under the pillow between us. My eyes closed, and for the first time in a really long while, I fell asleep without fear of what dreams I would have. I just slept and rested, but I could have sworn in the middle of the night we moved, could have
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