“Hey, you’re safe now.” He tilts my chin up. “And I swear we’ll get you back to the Common World, to your friends, to the Poison Apple.” “I like it when you talk like that.” Half his mouth curves. “Like what.” “Not I’ll get you back, but we’ll get me back. Like we are a team and we do things together.” Kai’s half smile spreads into a full-on grin. “I’m not an idiot. I know I don’t stand a chance without you. Honestly, I need you to save me.” He covers his heart. “I’m so very often a damsel in distress yet no one comes to my rescue.” I smack a pillow in his face. How can things feel so light,
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