Starling (122 page)

of what she was feeling. She was in a fog, a haze. She couldn’t see.
Suddenly Seraphina’s advice shined before her like light.
Do what
your heart tells you to do.
Slowly, Cass led Luca’s hand back to her leg.
“Cassandra.” He expelled the single word like a plea. She could
feel his blood racing in his fingertips. “I should go, find a place—”
She buried her face into where his neck and shoulder joined, her
lips gently coming to rest on his newest scar. “No, you should stay.”
“But Cass—”
She exhaled a soft breath on his collarbone. “Please,” she whispered. “Stay with me.”
And so he did.