He couldn't live without being a draki, and I couldn't live without him.
Sophie JordanThe water is still and smooth. Polished glass. Not a ripple of wind disturbs the dark surface. Low-rising mist drifts off liquid mountains floating against a purple-bruised sky. An eager breath shudders past my lips. Soon the sun will break.
Sophie JordanI will never see him again. Never know why he let me go. Never learn if he really whispered what I think he did. Beautiful.
Sophie JordanHe feels it, too. His eyes widen. A lovely hazel. Green with flecks of brown and gold. The colors I love. The colors of the earth.
Sophie JordanI won't leave you! Do you know how unbearable it's been without you? You're not like the rest of them." His hand swipes through air almost savagely. I stare at him, my eyes wide and aching. "You're not some well-trained puppy content to go along with what you're told. You have fire." He laughs brokenly. "I don't mean literally, although there is that. There's something in you, Jacinda. You're the only thing real for me there, the only thing remotely interesting.
Sophie JordanIn my mind, I see Will. Think how he has become the mist, the sky, everything, to me. I do more than survive here. I love.
Sophie JordanWhat question?" I ask, breathless.
"Whether you're as beautiful in the morning as you are during the rest of the day.
He steps onto the sidewalk and rocks on the balls of his feet. He looks beautiful standing there, and a familiar ache starts in my chest as I wonder how I can love and fear the sight of someone with the same intensity.
Sophie JordanSee you soon (but not soon enough).
Sophie JordanI remember you. You were like burning firelight in that cave, all shimmery, dancing color." I lean closer over the island, mesmerized by his words, his hand on my face. If he keeps talking this way, he's going to see me like that again. "Tell me you thought about me. That you think about me now."
"I thought about you," I whisper, "I've never stopped thinking about you." Somehow I doubt I ever will.
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