gravel, “if you hadn’t braved hell to find me.”
Her gaze lifted to his. “I made you a
promise.”
“So you said.”
Was that a hint of color stealing across her
pale cheeks? But she didn’t balk. “You said
some interesting things, too.”
Lorcan tried to sit up, but his body gave a
burst of pain in protest.
Elide explained, “Yrene warned that
though the wounds are healed, some soreness
will linger.”
Lorcan gritted his teeth around the sharp
stab in his back, his stomach. He managed to
get onto his elbows, and deemed that progress
enough. “It’s been a while since I was so
gravely injured. I’d forgotten what an
inconvenience it is.”
A faint smile tugged on her mouth.
His heart halted. The first smile she had
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