"I know."
"We were alive," Kit corrected. He sat down on the edge of the Slide, letting his legs dangle over the drop. "I never stopped loving you, Aila. Not for one day." MissaX.21.02.12.Aila.Donovan.Kit.Mercer.Slide.P...
Aila took a sip. The liquid burned a path through her silence. "I know
In that suspended moment — halfway down, with the moss a green blur and the rain a silver curtain — Aila closed her eyes and felt something she had forgotten: not the terror of the drop, but the strange peace of motion without resistance. Of sliding without trying to stop. Not for one day
Kit nodded. "You called me an idiot. Then you kissed me."
"I was seventeen. I didn't know what I was doing."
Kit followed. They climbed in silence. The ladder creaked like an old confession. At the top, the platform was narrow — barely enough room for two people. Below them, the lake spread out like a cold invitation.