Page 87 of Master Wolf

“What’s going on with them, do you think?”

Lindsay shook his head. “I don’t know. But Wynne sounds… happy.”

It was true, and Lindsay was glad of it, but he couldn’t stop thinking about those lines in the middle of the letter.

The truth is, I am the fragile one among us. The lone mortal, getting on in years.

“What’s wrong?” Drew said, touching his chin and lifting it till their gazes met.

“I don’t know how I’ll bear it,” Lindsay said. “When Wynne’s time comes.”

“Lindsay Somerville,” Drew chided, stroking his hair gently. “That is too far away to worry about now. Imagine what Wynne would say if he could hear you.”

Lindsay nodded. “Very true. Who knows what the next ten, twenty, thirty years will bring?”

“Not a one of us,” Drew said, “But I’ll make you a wager.”

“A wager?” Lindsay replied, lifting an eyebrow. “Let’s hear it then.”

“I’ll stake everything I own that, thirty years from now, I’ll still love you.”

“Only thirty years?”

“Make it a hundred if you like,” Drew said, leaning in for another kiss. “Or even better, to the end of time. It’s all the same to me.”

The End