Ebbing Tides (The Lighthouse Duology Book 2)

by Kelsey Kingsley

Honestly, all I wanted was just to be with her. Anything else felt like an unexpected gift.

I deflated as my mind scolded me for ever finding reason to hope.

“I have wanted this forever,” I replied, undoing the knot and holding either end of the string in my hands. “I'm not going to stop when the sun rises.”

“We all die in the end,” I told her, stroking her knuckles with my thumb. “That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t find some light to hold on to before it inevitably happens.”

It was nice to feel cared about, even if I did ignore his messages.

And it was the only thing I'd had to work tirelessly for, just for it to be snatched away the second I got a taste and started getting used to it … again and again and again and again.