Page 19 of Blood Ties (City of Blood #1)

Elina,

This week, being around you while you work has been both a nightmare, and a dream.

I want nothing more than to take you in my arms and hold you against me.

I want to smell your hair. You smell the way I imagine strawberries taste.

Sweet and sticky. Is it your shampoo or something…

you? I appreciate that you aren’t asking me to leave your life completely and are letting me exist in your universe for a little longer. It means more to me than you know.

You asked in one of your letters this week about Talia so I will share the story.

Good night, Elina.

-Bash