Crux watches me, searching my gaze for something. “I can’t lose you,” I whisper. The words couldn’t be truer. Without Crux, I’m quickly realizing, I have nothing. I’m no one. With him, I am everything. Leaning forward, he buries his face in my neck and breathes deeply, inhaling my entire soul. “I’ll never leave you, little bird. As long as there’s breath in my body, I’ll be by your side.” “Then you have to let him go,” I try to reason.
