“Yeah.”
“I’m here, my love, and my heart beats for you.”
Fresh tears fill her eyes.
“You're never leaving again, are you?”
“Never.”
The answer comes without thought.
Without hesitation.
Without doubt.
“Nightfall can summon me a thousand times.”
I kiss her forehead.
“The stars can fall from the sky.”
A kiss to her nose.
“The realms themselves can crumble.”
Another kiss.
“And I will still come back to you.”
She wraps her arms around my neck.
“I don't know what I did to deserve you.”
I pull back immediately.
“No.”
“No?”
“Never say that.”
I cup her face.
“You do not need to earn my love, Josie.”
Her breath catches.
“I love you just because you are.”
Another silver spark bursts above us.
She laughs softly.
“Your magic agrees with you.”
“It has excellent taste.”
That earns me another laugh.