Elsa
Adam’s words washed over me like a balm, and the tears I’d tried so hard to hold back began to fall again, silently streaming down my cheeks. I clung to him, feeling the warmth of his body against mine, the steady rhythm of his heartbeat. Every word he spoke, every promise he made, filled the broken pieces of me with hope and love.
“I love you, too,” I whispered back, my voice barely audible. And in that moment, it felt like everything terrible and dark that had happened didn’t matter as long as I had him. We spent the rest of the evening wrapped up in each other, trying to create a future full of new beginnings, new life, and endless possibilities.
When morning came, Adam gently shook me awake, his touch tender. I blinked groggily at him, wondering what happened to his promise to
