The tears that shone in her eyes threatened to spill over, but still she held them back, smiling crookedly down at this boy who had almost reached her own height already. The scars and bandages on his face glinted brightly in the moonlight. His large, dark eyes sparkled with jagged stars.
When he opened his mouth at last, only one hoarse word crawled out:
"No."
Shin Minyeo's crooked smile faded. Looking into his fierce obsidian eyes, she knew immediately that he wouldn't leave of his own accord.
