“However… I don’t perceive.”

“I have to depart for Ikoth instantly. If I stay right here any longer, I concern there’ll be extra hassle than I’m already coping with. You’ll be able to’t afford to be seen with me anymore.”

I take a step ahead when she calls out once more.

“Hanna, please don’t make this any more durable than this must be.”

I look to the tip of the hallway, realizing that when I flip the nook, I’ll by no means have the privilege of laying my eyes upon such a lovely creature once more.

Solely then will the ache of her absence start its abysmal wrath on my soul, however it’s one I’ll settle for. Realizing she’ll be glad together with her father is greater than sufficient comfort.

If I linger on this wretched metropolis any longer, I’m solely prolonging the inevitable.

I greatest get this heartbreak over with, although it could by no means finish.

Closing my eyes, I maintain again the final assault of tears.

“Goodbye, Hanna. You have been the best particular person I’ve ever had the pleasure of realizing. You’ll stay in my ideas.”

I drive myself to stroll, every step resisted with the heavy weight of heartbreak. I do know I’m ripping myself away from true happiness, however what alternative do I’ve?

I noticed the mission via. It shouldn’t be this difficult to stroll away. However I’ve to, even when I by no means supposed on catching emotions for the human stowaway I discovered in my cart.

“Kazrith!” she yells extra passionately than ever earlier than.

I don’t know the way, however the drive of her tone stops me useless in my tracks, unable to take one other step.

“You’re not going wherever, not less than not till you’ve heard what I’ve to say!”

I muster each ounce of power inside me to show round, doing so slowly as I discover her approaching.

In her eyes, I don’t anticipate finding a glimmer of hope however that’s precisely what I see. What else may she probably be hoping for proper now?

My coronary heart feels as if it’s about to burst from my chest.

29

HANNA

Itake his fingers, his fingers wrapping round mine.

“I can inform it’s breaking your coronary heart to go away, Kazrith. It’s breaking mine too. I can’t bear to observe you go, not in spite of everything we now have been via collectively.”

“However the mission is over, Hanna. It’s time for me to go. What extra is there to do?”

His protect is clearly some kind of psychological entrance to guard himself. But it surely received’t cease me from getting via to him.

“This,” I say, pulling his lips to mine.

I kiss him, feeling his fingers pull my waist nearer. Our lips half however our foreheads keep touching.

“This isn’t fairly the place I had in thoughts to inform you how I actually really feel,” I whisper. “However I assume my life likes throwing surprises at me, prefer it did whenever you got here my means.”

“Hanna,” his voice quietly says, clean like silk. “I really feel the identical means about you, however isn’t returning house along with your father what you needed?”

“I assumed it was, however I actually simply wanted to see him protected, to know we may each go on with out Zathex searching us down.”

“One thing modified your thoughts whenever you have been with me, didn’t it?”

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