“You aren’t going to go getting all choked up again, are you?” Jase smiled. “Nah. I’m experienced at this now.” But as he began wrapping the ribbon around my wrist and helping me tie it off, he swallowed hard, and when he began speaking, his voice broke just as it had the first time. I squeezed his hand. “We’ve got this, Patrei,” I whispered. “And remember, we have a hundred more times to go.”
