R.G. Angel

and I’m not just anyone, I’m the head of the 893. I’m powerful enough to keep her safe.”

course not. I’d rather cut off my own hand than ever hurt you,

“Of course not. I’d rather cut off my own hand than ever hurt you,

She was my Ikigai. I could never hurt my Ikigai.

Hoka, she’s gone. I know, I checked. Go there if you don’t believe me.”

Leave me now, please.”

He spooned me from behind. “I wish I could, but it won’t work. I’ve been looking for you for weeks like a madman. How do you expect me to walk away now that I finally have you back in my arms?”

should have encouraged her to go with him. To be with someone who didn’t hurt her the way I had, someone who could offer her the love and care she deserved. A healing love that she rejected from me.

That woman was not only a balm for my soul, but for my body, too. I turned my head to kiss the top of hers.