Chapter Ninety TwoEira It was almost impossible for me to believe. There was absolutely no way that he was here. When my eyes collided with the empty space, I felt the constriction in my chest loosen. I was simply imagining things. Maybe I missed Sebastian so much and that's why I've been hallucinating. My thoughts drifted to him. I wondered what he was doing, how he must have felt when he woke up and discovered that we disappeared. It was unlogical, unsafe for me to miss him this intensely. If I felt this way, I wondered how Liam must be feeling. I wondered if he missed his father everyday as much as I did. I felt bad lying to him, felt bad about giving him hope. I know there were slim chances of us seeing Sebastian again. Somehow I felt like a villain, I felt like I was responsible for restricting both of them from being happy. I wondered if Sebastian would eventually realize that I'm simply just trying to protect him from danger, because I loved him. The realization caught me off

Eira Sebastian frowned as he looked at me. We continued to sway gently to the music. Thankfully, people were focused on dancing, so the attention was taken away from us. I felt relieved. I inhaled deeply as his hand slid down my dress, making an unconscious contact with my skin. I smiled as I looked at him, I saw his eyes darken with hunger for me and it took almost everything in me not to lean in and simply just kiss him. At the back of my head. I knew we couldn't always have what we wanted. Somewhere, somehow, perhaps Graham was watching. And even if he wasn't, people were watching. They knew our packs were rivals. I felt the tears sting my eyes as we danced. He paused, noticing the tension in my shoulders. "What's wrong?" He said as he wiped away a tear from my face carefully. "Did I do something wrong?" He asked softly, looking at me worried. He held my face in-between his hands. "Why do you always ask that?" I said as I put my hand over his softly, looking up with affection

Eira I watched Graham's countenance change in the space of a heart beat as I told him everything that happened in the city, and how Liam came to be about. I didn't miss the way disapproval flashed through his eyes as he listened. Laura intently listened too. Her eyes flashed with sympathy each time she met my gaze. And when I was finally done giving them details of what had happened so far. The room was shrouded in silence as they both stared at me. Their faces contorted in surprise. "So let me understand this. You have a thing with someone from the rival pack and the result of that Is Liam?" Graham questioned and I reluctantly nodded, confirming his answer. I was very painfully conscious of the disapproval in his eyes.i was very aware of the way he looked at me with judgment, my heart plummeted in my chest. It was the reason why I didn't even see the need to tell him anyway. "That was very careless of you Eira" he growled. "Stop it. Stop talking to her like she's a child. She's

Eira Dinner was delicious and yet it was extremely hard focusing my attention on anything else but him. We stayed in silence for a while. It was uncomfortable. My guilt had such a strong grip on me. It couldn't fully look him in the eye without remembering what happened at the party. Without remembering that I had hurt him. "I should leave you to it. I'll sleep on the couch" he said finally. I didn't know why my heart crashed with sudden disappointment when he said it. All I know is that I wanted him near. I retired up to my room. Hours passed and the whole house was blanketed In darkness and buried in silence. For some reason, everyone was asleep. I tossed and turned restlessly, unable to sleep. Untill the thoughts of Sebastian assaulted me, until it became really hard thinking about anything but him. Deciding that I've had enough of the torture, I grabbed my robe and decided that I will down to him. I went down the stairs quietly, the pads of my foot touching the ground lightly.

Eira It was a nice walk back to the inn. Sebastian held Liam against his chest. He had exhausted all his energy playing with the squirrels and in the flower Field. Comfortable silence passed between us. Strangely, the air between us was lighter. There was no tension between us as we headed home. We arrived home in between twenty to thirty minutes. Sebastian headed up with Liam upstairs to his room to settle him in bed. Maybe when Liam was hungry later, Sebastian would make him dinner. But for now, we agreed not to wake him. I decided it would be a better idea to head to the kitchen and make dinner.I started to bring out the ingredients from the fridge. Maybe today, I would bake a pie, just because I haven't in a long time and because I was in a good mood. It took me a while before I was ready to register the footsteps behind me and the corners of my lips tilted up into a smile when I felt Sebastian lean into me wrapping his arms against me as I poured flour into a bowl. I relaxed