SKYLA.
I don’t know what it is… but the moment when he looks over his shoulder, something inside of me makes my heart clench.
The distance between us suddenly feels terrifyingly huge and for the first time I ask myself, what are we without the one we love?
“Sky…” Azura tugs me inside and the door slam shuts behind me, making my head jerk My breath hitches, and I stop in my tracks. I suddenly feel… I don’t know, I’m unable to explain it.
I glance back at the door.
“Hey… what’s wrong?” Azura asks softly, as both look at me intently.
I shake my head. I don’t know… I don’t know what’s wrong with me… I just…
“He’ll be fine. He’s one of the strongest people I have come across.” Leo says quietly.
“Yeah… I know… I just… it’s fine.”
It isn’t. I just feel… fuck, it’s weird. I can’t even explain it.
Is it because I know he’s finding this hard?
Is it because I know he’ll feel guilty for tearing down the veil from his mother’s eyes?
I swear, I’m going to make sure we are all there for her, too. Royce and his family will never be alone.
They have and will always have all of us, and we will be that support system for them.
“Come on, let’s get inside. It’s going to be fine,” Leo says as he leads the way.
Azura looks at me with concern as she guides me down the hall, holding my hand.
“Are you sure you’re ok?” she repeats softly.
I shake my head, unable to explain this emotion that is tearing me up inside.
emotional moment in the car just made me feel a
I’m getting fucking soft.
seats, around one of the many large circular
You got to love him, but still he’s an A class snitch, always keeping an eye on
because fifty percent of the time, he would
Sad life.
steps back and heads towards our table, adjusting the earpiece in his
anything but it’s like a silent exchange before Leo takes his seat, two seats down from
the way he just sat down, that he plays a large hand
now, I can tell that despite how calm and relaxed he
table as Uncle Liam, Mama Red, and Grandad Elijah
to the
not sure what it is… his hair looks a little longer too…
around Royce a little too
and our eyes meet. For the first time, he isn’t hiding behind the fakeness that he usually does. Instead, he’s watching me intently. Gone
eyes dip to my neck and a small smile crosses his lips. But there’s nothing
He knows.
I feel a ripple of energy rush through me. Aleric’s eyes flash as they meet mine and everything seems to
I can hear is the steady, strong heartbeat of his thudding loudly in
I can feel
places a hand on my back, bringing me out of that oddness. Although her gaze stays on Dad, her touch is calming and I force my gaze
time to
him, it’s on me… I know that. Maybe not now…
it but
do I feel like he’ll
But the question is, would it be
the ultimate question: are we equipped to
even I don’t
show me
from her, ever
The place is alight
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