“It felt so goodjust to be held”

“what if it was enough to just stand here in the arms of someone who ared about her, to let his simple affection steady her for a little while? it felt so good just to be held.”

“She felt free of everything that weighted her down on Earth. Free of danger, free of any pain she'd ever felt. Free of gravity.And so in love.”

“And the way he looked at her was so intense, his big green eyes probing into her, like he approved of everything she held inside.”

“The tender pressure of his lips soothed her, like a warm drink in the dead of the winter, when every part of her felt so cold.”

“ She spotted a lone dandelion,and it crossed her mind that a younger Luce would have pounced on it and then made a wish and blown. But this Luce's wishes felt too heavy for something so light.”

“He had the innate sense that something bad was just around the bend, but a hope that something incredible was waiting in the distance. It had to be.His burning love for her cursed through him until he felt so full he didn’t know whether he would fit through the portal.”