Chapter 66

I dropped the heavy book to the ground to be able to hold her in my arms, able to finally pull her as close I wanted, needed. Sending a grateful look to Caspian, he nodded his head and left the room, leaving us with each other. With each sob that let her lips my heart clenched, angry at her sadness and distraught state. "Shhh, my love. Shhhh." Running my hands through her hair and down her back, attempting to soothe her. "But you... I saw... You were... You were dead." She choked out between sobs, my own tears falling down my face and joining hers. Even in the afterlife I missed her, an empty hole in my heart opening up, knowing that it was missing something. "I know. I know and I was." Clutching me harder, the sobs began to shake her body. Her fingers dug painful into my shoulder, her nails digging into my skin, but I couldn't even care. Grabbing her face gently, I tilted back until we were seeing eyes to eye. "I'm alive. I promise. I'm here now