She approached Den cautiously, like he was a piece of china that might shatter if she touched him wrong. All that had been left were body parts. He had saved her, used his body to shield her from the blast.
She had never imagined, never dared hope. One step, two, her breath froze in her chest. He looked the same, down to the thick eyelashes and perfect skin. Simon had done a good job, at least externally. She wasn’t sure she wanted to continue. What if he was wrong?
Not like her own Den, just a machine?
“Never know unless I try.” She pressed the panel open in his forearm and flicked the switch. A familiar prick to her finger.
Den sucked in a breath and seemed unsteady, like he had not expected to be upright. She grabbed him and his azure eyes fixed on her. Her heartbeat slowed. She felt the blood in her veins pumping. Felt every tiny hair on the back of her hand.
“Mist...” he stopped. His mouth hung open then snapped closed. He looked down, a line drew down the center of his forehead. She glanced back at Simon who just nodded and motioned toward Den.
His eyes were back on her. “Ionia. I’m pleased to see you.”
Her heart lifted, left her body and circled the building three times and then settled back in her ribcage. “You remember me!”
He reached out and pulled her to his chest into the best, warmest, hug. His arms seemed to circle her twice. “Forgetting you would be impossible. You leave a very deep imprint.”
She let his words, the whirl against her ear, settle her. And for the first time in a very long time, she felt like the world might not be so bad after all.
THE END
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My journey began long ago in a galaxy not too far away when the writing virus hit me in grade school. I have yet to recover. Two ornery cats call me mom. (Two human daughters as well, but they may or may not claim me.)
I placed third in the Rebecca Contest in 2013 with my manuscript: In Harm’s Way, and am also the 2015 winner of the WISRWA Silver Quill for my manuscript, Frozen Hearts.
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