Thirty Minutes to Surrender

ZARA

I could not speak, not because I didn't have words. In fact, I had plenty of them a minute ago, enough to fill the entire cabin and embarrass myself thoroughly. But now, with his hand resting just above my ankle and his eyes on mine. Every single one of those words I had in my head had packed up and left without saying goodbye.

He watched me for a moment longer, then something shifted in his