Chapter 100

• “You can’t be serious.” Kade’s voice was low, strained with disbelief. His hand gripped mine tighter, his thumb brushing over my knuckles as if the pressure could anchor us both to the ground. “You really want to do this?”
• I turned to face him, my eyes meeting his, and I couldn’t help the flicker of uncertainty that passed through me. This wasn’t the path I’d imagined when we first started this journey, but here we were—standing on the precipice of something new. Something big.
• “Do I want to?” I repeated his question, letting the words hang in the air. “I don’t know. But I have to. For all of us.”