Chapter 30
He wanted to kiss her again, wanted to shatter the shame and hopelessness and feed her something good and whole instead. Instead, he went back to cradling her against his tearstained shirt. “Ardala, I didn’t ask you out out of a sense of obligation.” He tried to find a point, tried to feed her something better with his words. “I asked you out because I want to get to know you. The bond might have been forced, but I was thinking of asking you out before.”