CHAPTER 51

KAHLAN

His hand was shaky, but the rest of his body was still as his blue eyes stared at my father and I. I had seen the blood on his shirt. I was sure he was hurt, but I wasn't sure where. The blood could belong to Angela. I had my face in my father's chest, holding on to him. He and I were afraid for our lives. Ryan's face was wet. He looked as if he had been crying, or sweating insanely hard.

"I love you!" He shouted, with a bit of a whine. "Can't you see that?" He paused, waiting for a response, but I didn't have one. "Look at me when I'm talking to you!" I forced myself to turn around and face him. "I'll do anything for you. I'm not like your mother. I won't just leave you in your time of need." I stared. "Do you get that?" He had been asking so many questions tonight, and I never answered any of them. "ANSWER ME!" It was obviously getting to him.

"I don't want to be with you!" I cried back, finding my voice. "I will never ever want to be with you again!" His eyes were wide.