Certainly, I had only imagined it.
“You’re bleeding all over the place,” Jayln said. “Hana will absolutely have a fit over the mess.”
I spun around to see him standing there.
His face was smeared with blood where his eyebrow had split. It pooled on his tattered sleeve.
“You crossed,” Fyn said.
His eyes fixated on mine as I darted to him and wrapped my arms around him.
“Maybe we should leave them.” Kylana tugged Jayln back.
He looked me over. “You have human ears, but you went through the divide. That means…”
“Stop talking.” I grabbed his chin and pressed my lips to his.
“You’re going to get blood all over you, Ashlyn.”
“I don’t care,” I said. “I waited for you. I thought you were coming behind me.”
“I meant to, really, but got held up for a bit.” He claimed me with each kiss, until he pulled back. “Will you ever forgive me?”
“Maybe.” I didn’t know when I’d stop crying.
“I’ll take maybe. Maybe is good,” he said. “As much as I absolutely want to keep kissing you here. We probably shouldn’t.”
“We need to get you cleaned up.” I still couldn’t believe he was here.
“You know how to do that?” he asked.
“Not really, but I’ve met the healer here before.” I raised my brow ever so slightly, waiting for his smirk. “Maybe Hana has our room available.”
I needed him to be with me. Everything else that would come next would have to wait.
Fyn was alive. We made it.
“Our room?” He winced when his lips lifted into a smile. “I think I rather like the sound of that.”
Hana sent for the healer. She showed me how to care for his wounds. When she peeled his tunic back, an inky bruise ran down his side.
His arm bore the largest of his wounds.
I studied how she wrapped it.
His eyes held mine as I finished tucking the rest of the wrap in place.
When she left, Fyn reached for me from the bed. “Having you take care of me like this almost makes up for how much this hurts,” he said. “You should rest. I’ll sleep on the floor.”
“You know you don’t want to sleep on the floor.” Exhaustion pulled deeply at every tense muscle.
“I truly don’t, but I don’t think we should test your ability to drink starlight again.”
When I glared at him, his laughter escaped him.
“I will only lie in the bed if you lie beside me,” I said.
“I’ve got to get some rest. I think I just hallucinated.” He stared up at the ceiling. “For a moment, I thought yousuggested something most indecent. And truly, I’m shocked, Princess.”
