Chapter Twenty Three - Love like no other

Eleanor's P.O.V

"It won't, El." Hearing the words, leave his mouth my heart started beating erratically in my chest.

Was he saying that he was going to leave me? Or, was he hinting that he found out that I am Knife? Was his family not going to accept me? Had my identity overpowered his love for me?

The next few moments felt like everything including my heartbeat and breathing stopped. And, just when I felt like I could have died, his laughter floated right into my ear.

"It won't survive, El. It has to survive. Because we'll treat it like Danielle, like our child. We'll work on it. We'll feed it with happiness. Find out the reason why it cried. Pacify it when it runs out, slamming the door in anger. Adjust it a little so that it will be love us both. But, not as equals. Not as equals. But, as leaders in whatever we do." Daniel continued as oxygen finally found its way to me. I could finally breathe as I felt his hand run over my head. It was the best feeling in the world. No body had p