Did Kari know she was being overly clingy with Evan? Sure. But did she care? Not one bit.
He had been dying. She had felt it through their bond, and the thought of living without him had been terrifying. So even as he improved in the days that followed, she couldn’t bring herself to leave his side. She would have stayed in the bathroom with him the first time he managed to walk there if he hadn’t threatened to throw the soap bottle at her.
If he was in bed, she wanted to be there, her ear pressed to his chest to make sure his heart was still beating. Evan kept urging her to eat, to shower, to change her clothes, but Kari only did so because it eased his worry. She showered at the hospital and wore the clothes Mia had kindly brought for her.
“Do you want to talk to me about what happened
