“It’s you and Juni now. You’re mine. I’ll fight for you, live for you, die for you, whatever it takes.” The words grunted from his mouth. “Do you understand?” And I lost myself to it. To this surrender. To his belief. His love. His life. “I love you, Jud. I love you.” And I gave him the one thing that was the hardest part. “I trust you with it all.”

