“Are you sure you want to know?” he asks me, looking unsure about what I've asked of him. “I don’t want to cause you any more hurt than I already have. Does knowing change anything?”
I nod slowly. “I think I just need to know so I can understand why. And to understand what you want from me.”
“No,” he says, sitting back down in the chair and taking my hand in his. “It’s what I thought I wanted, but I was wrong. I was so incredibly wrong. You are perfect, Love. I don’t want you to change a thing about who you are. I thought I knew better than the Goddess, better than Altair. The more I have gotten to know you, though, the more I realize just how perfect you already were.”
“OK,” I whisper to him, feeling slightly uncomfortable at what he has said to me. “Seth, I just need to kno
