"Captain!" Ivy Holden called out to Jensen Morrison's back. Her voice sounded incredibly restrained, yet it was filled with rich emotion. It was an indescribable feeling, a mix of the tragic grandeur of a life-and-death parting and the lingering tenderness of romantic love. But upon reflection, it seemed as if there was nothing there at all—that the listener had simply imagined it.
Jensen Morrison's shoulders instantly stiffened.
"We're the perfect partners. We've been through countless life-and-death situations together. Why won't you take me with you?"
For this line, Ivy Holden's voice was perfectly calm, devoid of any emotion, yet it stirred up a myriad of feelings in anyone who heard it.
"You're not fully recovered from your injury," Jensen Morrison said, slowly turning to face Ivy Holden. "Besides..."
