I blinked against a veritable tidal wave of tears. “Oh God. Arden.” Caspian shot into a sitting position. “What did I say? What’s wrong?” “N-nothing’s wrong. Everything’s…the rightest it’s ever been. Of course I’ll be by your side. For as long as you want me there.” “I should warn you, that could be a long time.” Scrambling upright, I hurled myself into Caspian’s lap, flinging my limbs around him with all the dignity of an overly devoted spider monkey. Apart from a startled “oof,” he took it well.
