I stepped away from him, head swimming.‘He must have said something else. I probably misheard him.’“Eloise,” he sighed, placatingly, trying to touch, but I stayed out of his reach. It was impossible. It wasn’t true.Stuck deeply in denial, i sat down and waited for my head to stop spinning.He returned to his seat, and looked at his food as if it was interested. I glared at him, he was so strage and yet so intruiging all at once. He knew something and he had to tell me.“I … my lord,” I whispered, mouth dry.He cut me off with a loock, “Please, call me Olpheus, just Olpheus is fine, and it is fine if you do not remember me.”“But it is not, it is not fine, can you please tell me what you know. It is exhausting to be stuck in oblivion, please, Olpheus.” i begged, my fear getting the best of me.He stared at me, and sighed, “if you really must know, this –”Suddenly, a guard rushed in, and my heart jumped. He was wearing armor, with a sword swinging from his hip. His face was flushed
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