Saving Rain

by Kelsey Kingsley

But if none of this has scared you off, I strongly urge you to continue. Because his name is Soldier, and he was never meant to be a hero. But …

But now that she looked at him, now that she knew he was in fact a he—the little ray of sunshine sent to brighten her gloomy world and save her life—she could only think of one name, one word, worthy of someone brave enough to be born to a wreck like her. “Soldier,” she replied as he cracked his tiny eyes open to look at her for the first time. “His name is Soldier.”

It was nice, and Tuesdays became my favorite day.

“Still, kinda weird that a guy who killed someone is standing in my kitchen.” She swept her gaze around the small room before letting her eyes fall back on me. “Feels like it should be scarier.”

I wanted her to pierce my skin with whatever torture had been inflicted on her. I wanted it stitched into my heart. I wanted it to be the end of me, just to keep it from being the end of her.

“And I’d happily let Officer Kinney slap the cuffs on me to hear you scream my name loud enough for them to hear.”

“I think love is when someone is more important in your heart than you are,”