Chapter 59: Angel

Telling my story again was difficult. Knowing it would be chronicled for eternity made it even harder. While I wasn’t pleased that Liam needed me in his lap, I was glad to be there, wrapped in his arms while I told my story.

I’m not sure why Ailduin is having the effect on Liam that he is. He has never shown any jealousy with Clint. But, with Ailduin, he’s acting like I’m going to leave him, to choose Ailduin over him.

When he pulls me into our room, I know he needs to reconnect. I don’t want him to ever feel like anyone can take his place in my heart, my soul or my life. There is no one else but him. Those words we say to each other, 'you and me', those words are everything.

As soon as he closes the door, I pull him into my arms. His buries his head in my neck. “Liam.”

“I can’t lose you. Maybe you don’t feel it, but he feels something, and I can’t lose you.”

I pull back, taking his face in my hands. “You won’t, not ever. Don’t you feel it?”

He won’t look me in the eye. I’ve never see