The Fall of a Guardian
"Why… why did you ask that, Ma'am?"
"Oh, nothing in particular. I just happened to notice that he seems so very fond of you," she answered casually, her eyes still fixed on the monitor of her computer screen as if it was just a normal observation.
Fond of me? Oh, yeah right. If being 'fond' means constantly scaring me, confusing me, giving me nightmares, and making me feel like I’m being haunted by a ghost, then yes—Eros is really, really fond of me.
"Oh no, Ms. Arado, you are completely wrong about that," I refused immediately, waving my hand in the air to dismiss the thought. "We are definitely not close, and I guess we will never be, because—"
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