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"What is it with you wanting me to stay with you? We have always known that there would come a time when we are not able to stay with each other. Our lives are not the easy kind. What happened all of a sudden to change how you want our future to go?" I ask him.

"I thought that I was going to lose you. That is what happened. I thought that you were going to get caught stealing from the king and that would be the end of it. It terrified me. You jumped into danger just to prove yourself with no second thought to me. What do you think would happen to me if you had been caught?" He asks me quietly.

I am glad that he lowered his voice for this conversation so that nobody is able to hear everything that he just said. It was enough to make sure that I went to prison for my actions if not outright killed for them. With him speaking more quietly though, I find that some of his intentions are coming through a little differently than I would normally take them. Does he really like me as more than