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“Saint, I’m sorry.” My voice was soft and filled with remorse, but he shook his head.
“You shouldn’t be apologizing. It’s not your fault you went through death experience after death experience. None of this is your fault. I have an idea of what’s led us all the way to this point in time, but it frustrates me that it even had to get this far. All to prove that you’re worthy of a position. It really angers me.”
I felt the slight shift in his aura, and I knew I had to calm him down so I wouldn’t trigger his crazed Dark Lord side.
“I agree with you,” I admitted. “You're absolutely right, but at least it’s over, right?” I offered and closed my eyes. “Is it okay if we talk about it later?”
That seemed to pull him out of the brewing darkness, and his arm hooked around me and pulled me further into his fitted frame.
“Certainly, Willow,” he assured me and lightly kissed my temple.
“Where are the others?” I inquired. “I hope they didn’t get into a fight.”
“Oh, they were good,” Saint reasoned which made me sigh in relief.
“Thank our Goddes-”
“Until you stopped breathing for a moment and everything went south.”
Aww no…
"So…who went crazy first?” I had to ask.
“Well, it was hard to really keep up cause fuck. I didn’t realize how big our group has become until you slipped into the realms of death.”
“Funny,” I tossed back with a slight smirk.
“Dimitris went into sergeant mode, ordering us around to help. Milo became the referee as Loki and Onyx went straight into fighting. That led to Aurelia jumping in to try and save the day, but then all three of them were arguing and it was getting obnoxiously loud, so then Jayce tried to de-escalate the situation, but it just got louder to the point where I tried to intervene, and well, it was just a bunch of loud voices attempting to outdo the other.”
“Right…” I trailed off as I imagined the ordeal. “So let me guess: Dimitris knocked y’all out.”
Saint laughed and needed a moment to hush himself up.
“Basically. I was the first to wake up from it, and Ruby explained that after we passed out, Dimitris fainted from sensory overload which needed Milo’s intervention because no one is dealing with exhausted Dimitris, but all that did was knock him out because it was too much for him after using so much fae magic before contributing to aiding you, so that left Neo, who apparently helped Ruby get all of our assess into beds before he finally went down.”
It sounded like a chaotic mess, but at least we were in a town that was protected and would give us a shelter to recover in.
“I guess no catch-up talks then,” I concluded. “At least I didn’t miss anything, but I still feel like you’re technically not supposed to be here.”
His deep chuckle confirmed that he was being mischievous. “You’re right, but I felt a bit uneasy and couldn’t sleep once I woke up,” he revealed. “It could have been my nerves, but I really couldn’t think straight unless I could see and hold you. I’m not the type to be a stalker like Onyx, but this whole thing made me feel a bit frantic. Like…our world was suddenly crumbling down and I just haven’t dealt with that in a long while. There’s a difference when we’re in our usual domain in NYC. I have the confidence and knowledge to execute whatever I need to control the situation at hand, but all of these striking changes and close calls…it just made me feel helpless.”
He closed his eyes while his lips dipped at the ends.
“Helplessness always reminds me of that night in the church where I felt like I couldn’t do anything. That only encourages me to let my fury out, and well…it’s hard to reign in my hidden nature and not go on a rampage of soul-eating.”
“Saint…”
“I know it’s over. We won, even when a whole bunch of people in high places didn’t wish to see us succeed. That’s enough to tame my fears, and now that I’ve had my dose of Willow, I don’t feel lost,” he confessed and opened his eyes.
He was smiling now, and his eyes softened as they sought mine. “Though, I wouldn’t mind having a little taste of William.”
His added wink had me blushing in three seconds flat, and I managed to punch his side.
“Ow! Willow. Abuse. You can’t be so rough with me," he whined.
“Ya right,” I huffed with an added eye roll, but my eyes were beginning to grow heavy. “Man…I could go for another nap.”
“Tired?” he inquired while he reached out to lightly brush my cheek.
