Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

Ruka’s heart went out to him. All she could do at the moment was stay with him and tend to his needs at his hour of need. Ren was asleep for three hours. Eventually, he felt someone holding his hand, and he opened his eyes to see who it was.

When he saw Ruka staring at him in joy with tears in her eyes, he woke up right away. What? Why is she here? Who brought her here?

“You’re awake!” She was staring at him this whole time. The moment his eyelashes fluttered, she stood up and stared down at him. He touched her cheek. Her eyes are puffy. He said raspily, “Don’t cry, Ruka.”

Ruka wiped her tears away. She denied, “I wasn’t crying. Don’t worry about me.”

He smiled. Elijah still did it in the end. Still, it’s nice to see her here. “Don’t cry. Since you’re here, you gotta stay happy,” he said raspily. It was like hearing someone talk with sand in their throat, but Ruka thought it was mesmerizing.

kissed his forehead. “I’ll stay with you until you’re all healed up. I’m not going

on his shoulder, and he frowned. Ruka pushed him back down gently. “You can’t get up just yet. The

was frustrated that she saw him in this state. “Are you shocked?” He lay back down. He had noticed the

his eyes and looked at him gently. “I’m not scared of anything as long as I’m with you.” Ren smiled. Ruka might look frail, but sometimes even he was impressed

feeling. Ren had to actually feel his wound closely to even know

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him a glare. “Elijah, shut your mouth.” However, it was too late. Ruka looked at Ren angrily. “What? You told Elijah to keep it

surprised. Whoops. Didn’t mean for this to happen,