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“Wendy.” He looked at me and I saw a chasm as empty as the depths of the sea. “I don't have any happy thoughts.” The windows in the surrounding rooms shattered, glass skittering across the rain and blood-soaked wood. Fear crawled up my throat. Hands and arms shot through the space. Shit. There were a lot of them, and trained or not, under Pan's power, they'd keep coming until they overwhelmed me and Hook. I needed to get him in the air. The wind howled, and I dropped onto the porch, a raging desperation in my chest. I grasped his overcoat and jerked him close. “Then let me give you one.” Rising onto my toes, I pressed my lips to his.”
― J. Ann Curtis, Veiled in Stars and Silver