Wake (Bonds We Share #2)

Chapter 1 Waves

waves

Some are big. Some are small. And some quietly snatch you off balance.

I’m leaving the Empire theatre when he sweeps in with the wind, bringing the salt of the ocean and the weight of an oncoming storm.

I don’t look at his face. Just his form under a jacket, broad, firm. Behind him the world glitters like sunbaked water just before the surface breaks.

He passes.

My held breath becomes a rush of air.