“You are everything to me. I won’t survive it, not as I am now. I won’t.” Releasing his hand, I splayed my trembling fingers over his chest. “My heart is in here now. Not with me. I will be empty without you.” “Don’t say that,” he croaked. “You’ll still have so much. Your brother and Seis and Gryf and Lilimar… You wanted to make all those changes here, right? You—you have work to do.” He gave me a weak, tearful smile. “I’m super proud of you. You’re so brave.”
