This was not good. Not good because you were seconds away from tearing down this hall, seconds away from slamming Xaden into the wall because of his stupid, stupid plan. He was going to leave?? Forever?? No. He couldn’t. He just couldn’t.

His words strangled your heart, and warmed your chest. He couldn’t stay because he’d kill Dain for hurting you after Resson. You argued with him in this quiet hall while you were in a mission. When you whispered shouted at him. Why. Why couldn’t he stay. He grabbed her shoulders

“Because I love you!” he hushed out. “I love you, and I have for years. And he hurt you and made me watch because he’s always known. But if you asked you to pick, you’d choose Dain. And I can’t. Take. It.”