The Scattered Bones

by Nicole Scarano

Our vows, our promise, our love. It cannot be silenced. We’re bound even in death, and that’s why I still sense him. I move despite the pain.

“I’ve never seen anyone as beautiful as you. I mean this in the most respectful way, but you are divinely lovely. I’m almost ashamed to share the same air as you.”

He’d become my favorite part of my existence, breathing life into parts of my soul that had died. In such a brief acquaintance, this breathtaking man had carved a jagged hole in my heart and buried himself inside it.

“I don’t want to take anything from you.” Conviction fortified his voice. “I want to give everything to you.

I stared at the sinner who made me acknowledge the truth about my future, at the caring friend I’d lose in a cycle. “I’ll help you live an entire lifetime in the coming seasons,” he whispered. “I’ll make them the best days of your life.”

I’d touched him. I had touched Kaid, and it was beautiful. The moment was sacred, destined to stay with me until death claimed me.