Annika took a shaky, steadying breath, “love is one of those damnable parts of life we can’t always fully understand.” Fin felt doused in warm glowing magic. She’d said it. He couldn’t dismiss what he thought he saw in her gaze from before anymore. She loved him. At that moment, nothing else existed. Time could’ve stopped, for all he knew. There was a force greater than he could fathom filling the air, and he didn’t know what to do about it.
