A Lifetime in a Kiss

Darius’s POV

We hadn’t been happy. We hadn’t even been together. Up until only a short time ago, I had thought Valerie was dead. Or, at least, I hadn’t been sure.

Yet, when she was looking at me with those doe eyes of her, so frightened and vulnerable, I found that I wanted to protect her from everything.

She was already overwhelmed. Learning the full truth would only hurt her further.

“Yes, we ar