The longer Maximus waited for me to act, the more his eyes cruelly grabbed me. His unanswered command pounded through my brain. I prayed for something, anything, to thaw my frozen form, feeling sure that any second he would shrug me off and leave, never looking back.
Maybe that was my prayer too. My fears too great to conquer.
What I didnt know then, but would soon learn, was that my s****l education from Maximus Darrow had just begun and he was not about to walk out. Fears are not too great to conquer in his world. Prayers are answered. No one loses. And my terror would give way to the need that lay behind it, even if he had to drag me kicking and screaming to that place.
Without skipping a beat or changing the mood, Maximus abruptly ended the impasse, segueing into a speech that was
