The Surviving Trace (Surviving Time, #1)

by Calia Read

“Why are you looking at me like that?” I whisper. He swallows, and I watch his Adam’s apple bob. “Because suddenly I’m not so sure I want you to leave my world.”

“You think you belong in another time. Belong to another man. But maybe you have it all wrong. Maybe you belong here, with me.”

But I’m engaged to someone else. Someone I’m supposed to love. But do I? My time with Étienne is making me realize that everything I thought about love—the bliss, the perfect contentment—is false. Love is hoarse cries. It’s anger. It’s sadness. It’s happiness and laughter. It’s everything wrapped into one. Love is one of the heaviest of words to exist. It’s a miracle anyone survives it. It’ll be a wonder if I survive it.