Chapter 109 Chapter 109

She lay across my lap, tracing idle shapes into the ash. “Tell me a story.”

“What kind?”

“One where we don’t end.” I smiled. “That one’s easy. We already wrote it.” She opened one eye, mock-glaring. “That’s cheating.”

“I’m an angel,” I said, pretending to sound offended. “We’re good at loopholes.”

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