“You trust me, do you not?” he asked in a soft tone, moving his hand along my bare stomach and causing chills to spread from where his fingers caressed my sensitive skin. “If so, hear these words and hold them close whenever you are in the clutches of doubt. You and I will never part, my warrior. In this life and the next, we will be just as we have forever been: side by side. There is not a thing that can take me from you, neither the slashing of a sword nor the impalement from a spear, for I will always find you.” The beautifully spoken words that fell from his lips were what I needed to
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