A Bold Answer

Faced with Kael's sudden seriousness, Maeve couldn't help but find it a little funny. "What?"

"Am I also one of the things you're planning to let go of?" Kael didn't let her dodge the question. He wanted her to face it head-on.

Maeve fell silent. Truth be told, she didn't know how to answer that.

"I'm tired. Wake me when we get there." Since she couldn't give an answer, she chose not to.

But Kael