Chapter 37. Red Picket Fence (3)

Keira thought about the last few days, about their time in Imperium and all her discussions with Aaron about their life together once they left. Imperium didn’t make her miserable anymore. He made anywhere feel okay to be, even the home she left behind because she felt like she had to regain her soul, to get out from under Madz’s thumb. She didn’t mind Imperium after all, as long as she was with him, didn’t want to be anywhere without him.

“What if I never know how to leave again? What if this place is just too much a part of me?”

He slipped his arms around her, looked at her with understanding.

“Then we’ll go back and forth. I can still show you Caines, take you to meet my family again. Hopefully it goes better than last time. We’ll find ways to exist together, for each other, in each other’s worlds. We’re keeping the house though. For when it needs to be just you and me. And I know you have a whole lot of buts and what ifs, because when don’t you, but you have to