“If I knew what was coming—when it was coming—I would fight. It’s the not knowing that is killing me. Draining my will.” “Don’t let it do that to you, my love,” Aspen whispers against my hair. “Don’t let an unknown evil take you away from me before it’s even time.” “I’m still here,” I say with a sigh. “No. You’re already slipping away from me. It crushes my heart to see you like this. To see the fire extinguished from you.” I shrug a shoulder. “What else would you have me do?” He reaches a finger for my chin, tilts it back until I’m looking at him again. “Live. If these truly are our last
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