Chapter 96: Lost to Me

DESI

I waited by the door while Michael changed into the clothes Longinus had left for him. When he returned, my heart leapt in my chest to see him. He still looked pale, still so tired and haggard, but when he smiled, his light flared. He’d be all right. He already was.

He looked a little self-conscious in the borrowed clothes, but he smiled and took my hand as easily as if we did it every day. I had a brief flash of hope that we would - every day for the rest of our very, very long lives.

I followed his lead - it seemed he knew his way around the rectory and it reminded me that he had been a part of the Hallowed before I came to Earth. Not that I cared if we got lost, anyway. I was content to walk with him, to feel his solid warmth beside me. To feel my hand in his. All I needed forever and ever.