Earth's End (Air Awakens, #3)

by Elise Kova

“You wished for time,” Aldrik explained. “I heard each utterance when you beseeched time to stop, for mornings not to come. I want you to know I shared your every sentiment. I wanted to give you the promise of my minutes, my hours, my days.” His long fingers curled around hers, around the watch. “My future is yours, Vhalla Yarl.”

It was stupid. It was insane. And she kissed him for it.

Sometimes their gap in age felt like nothing, other times it felt like he lived an extra lifetime before her existence had mattered to anyone.

Bound, Joined, madly in love, there was no longer any boundaries that could limit them. They were a single force of nature.

People didn’t change when asked by others, no matter how important the asker was. True change had to come entirely from within.