Chapter 143

"What?" They had both spoken at the same time. Amaris did not make out all that he had said, but got enough to get the gist of it. Lyle seemed to want to back up the conversation again too. "Amaris, what I did, I don't even know how I did it for starters. You were right. I was scared, feeling sorry for myself, and I went back on everything that I said to you back at the Oracle. I had dug myself into a hole emotionally and when the mark disappeared, I panicked. I felt embarassed, and did not know how to explain to you what I had done, not to mention I did not know what it would do to you. I was a coward, and I did the coward thing, and instead of going to you to talk about it and see if we could figure out what happened together, I ran. For that, and so much more, I am truely sorry." Lyle said. With this last part he took his eyes away from the road and looked at Amaris. Amaris was a little confused. "What do you mean that the mark just disappeared? Tell me exactly what