On one hand, a part of me was eager to get back to the palace, so I could put to good use everything I'd found out, and on the other hand, I didn't want to leave Tiva all alone just yet.
“Ma'am?* A soft call from beside me was all it took to pull me out of my thoughts. I blinked back a couple of times, like I was willing my eyes to adjust to it's surroundings again. In no time, I found myself staring at Tiva again. “is everything alright?”“Um.” I drawled. As I struggled for the right words to use, I didn't miss the way her eyebrows scrunched up in concern. “I'm fineLiana's POV For the second time in tonight, or more accurately, more times than I could count, I was actually shocked. I couldn't breathe, and no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't bring myself to force the breath out of my lungs. Time seemed to crawl to a halt as I struggled with what to do. No matter how hard I tried, the wheels in my head refused to churn up an adequate excuse. I was overworking my brain at this point, but that wasn't even the worst part. The worst part just happened to be the fact that while I was busy fidgeting, Kieran hadn't so much as said a word. He was still, and he seemed to be rooted to his spot. I wasn't one to be dramatic, but believe me when I said that he hadn't even blinked. I wasn't even sure he was blinking at this point. I didn't know what to think, but before I could stress my brain any further, Kieran's voice pierced through the room's silence. “Liana.” He called out slowly, like he was tasting the feel of my name on his lips, and wi
Liana's POV I couldn't sleep, and if you really thought about the reason why, then I wasn't sure anyone would be able to blame me. I'd heard a lot of things could keep you from sleeping when you wanted to. They ranged from anxiety, to being restless, down to being sick and even pregnancy. Thanks to the tiny little human growing inside of me, I could count a number of times I'd actually been unable to sleep simply because of him or her. While it was a new experience for me, I think it was also safe to say that I'd never, ever experienced not being able to fall asleep, simply because I was anxious.A small groan slid past my lips as I turned to the side. In the span of one hour, I'd compleiy lost count of the number of times I'd tossed and turned on the bed. Before now, I could swear the bed was the most comfortable place on earth, but right now, right now, I felt nothing short like someone had poked a million and one needles beneath me and I
Liana's POV I'd never been so sad that the day was coming to an end as I was right now. Usually, I always looked forward to the evening and nighttime, so I could rest, but today, I didn't particularly share in that sentiment anymore. If I was being honest, it was more of mixed emotions running through my veins.On one hand, a part of me was eager to get back to the palace, so I could put to good use everything I'd found out, and on the other hand, I didn't want to leave Tiva all alone just yet.“Ma'am?* A soft call from beside me was all it took to pull me out of my thoughts. I blinked back a couple of times, like I was willing my eyes to adjust to it's surroundings again. In no time, I found myself staring at Tiva again. “is everything alright?”“Um.” I drawled. As I struggled for the right words to use, I didn't miss the way her eyebrows scrunched up in concern. “I'm fine
Liana's POV Today couldn't have come sooner, and you were about to find out why. With the way things had been going recently, and all the sad and bad things that were accompanying one another, it made it incredibly hard to be even the least bit optimistic, and I hated it.I hated feeling sad and useless, simply because it dulled everything around me, that's why I always tried my best to be cheerful, or at least look for the bright side when it came to disasters. I hated to admit it, but doing that had been next to impossible. It was one thing that I was the sad one, but it was an entirely different thing, when you were simply feeding off on someone else's sadness.Kieran.Kieran had been through a lot in the last couple of days and I hated that there was nothing I could do to help him out. In retrospect, he really didn't deserve it. He'd poured his life and heart into his project, and just when things were re
Liana's POV If I had thought the conversation at the table was weird, then clearly, I was in for an entirely different thing altogether. A wave of silence blanketed the entire room, and Richard's words hung in the air. I allowed it to sink in, but no matter how many times the words echoed in my head, I just couldn't make sense of it.“In other packs.” He'd finished the words before Kieran could even complete the sentence. “I understand. And I can really help you with that. I don't even mind going as far as four packs, just to see if the problem is fixed.”Just like that? It was a nice gesture, don't get me wrong, but right now, that was the last thing I expected to happen. Judging from the fact that in the beginning, Richard was totally against the project in the first place, and now, he was volunteering to help him out, by going all the way to packs four times farther than our
Liana's POV I was stunned. In fact, when I said I hadn't been as shocked as I was right now, then best believe I wasn't bluffing. My mind whirled with different thoughts, and like that wasn't enough, these same thoughts went into a million and one directions all at once. No matter how hard I tried to reel them all in, they seemed to have a mind of their own. A very dangerous one at that too. I couldn't breathe. For some strange reason, it felt like my lungs were closing in on me. I knew that if I didn't breathe anytime soon, I would pass out, and that wpuldbr be a good thing. I trailed my eyes back to the monitor again. A small part of me had thought that if I ignored the footage, then maybe something would change, but I couldn't be more wrong. “Ma'am?” A small voice from the side was all it took to pull me out of my thoughts. I turned, just to see the manager staring at me. “Is everything okay?”“Um..” I tried to speak, but I couldn't bring myself to force the words out. “I,