Chapter 107: Healing the Heart

There was a lot of tension and unsaid feelings on the silent trip back from Paris. Lily gazed out the window at the sparkling city lights below as the private jet flew into the night sky. She had hardly allowed herself to feel the weight of what they had gone through because she had been so preoccupied on surviving and retaliating against Voss.

Sitting opposite from her, Ethan silently observed her. He saw the weariness in her eyes, the weight of decisions and struggles. He felt that words were not enough to soothe him, yet he wanted to say something. Instead, he took her hand in his and reached across the distance between them.

Her lips parted as though she wanted to say something, but she held back as she turned to face him. She grasped his hand at last. "Do you ever wonder if we'll be normal again?"

Ethan laughed softly, although it was not a very funny laugh. "Typical? I doubt that we ever were.