Carina sat and thought about that for a minute and that was when she noticed the blood red lines that snaked up his forearms “Are you- Did you allow the Head to put bracers on you?" She reached out and gently touched the swirling lines.
“I thought it might help if you knew I couldn't lie to you." Ishaan said quietly, reaching to touch her lightly and briefly. “I wasn't going to lie to you, I don't want to lie to you. I just ask that you give me a chance to make it up to you, is that alright, Carina? Will you give me a chance to prove to you that I only want to be with you?"
Carina got up and shifted away from him, pacing and trying to think beyond the pain and the need and the worry. Did she want to give him another chance? The Mother had clearly found him worthy or he would not have be
