" I will not let anything hurt you,” Balik promised.
“I will not let anything come between us,” I replied with my own whispered
oath.
“You and me,” Balik smiled a little.
“Always,” I agreed as I reached up to draw his face to mine and pressed my lips
onto his. "

― Melanie Cusick-Jones , Taking Flight (The Ambrosia Sequence, #1 - Missing Moment)