A Promise to Return

Brynn’s POV

Kaelen has to go back.

In the back of my mind, I knew that was a reality I had to face. However, it seemed I had gotten so caught up in the comforting illusion that he was here, right beside me, that a foolish part of me had started believing he was going to stay here forever. As if time had stopped and Los Angeles no longer existed.

“Wait, Brynn. Not like that,” he suddenly said, maki