A Court of Thorns and Roses (Special Edition)

Slowly, as if giving me time to move away, she brushed her lips against my cheek. Tender, warm, and devastatingly gentle. She gave me little more than a caress before returning to her usual rigidity. I would have remained motionless from the moment her mouth made my skin tingle.

«Someday... someday I'll be able to answer all your questions,» she said, letting go of my hand and moving away from me. «But I won't be able to do it until the right time comes. Until we are safe.»

In the darkness, the tone of her voice indicated that her eyes were brimming with bitterness. When she left, I exhaled, and only then did I realize that I had been holding my breath. After she left, I discovered that I longed with all my being for her warmth, her closeness.