“What we need right now is some normalcy. This will do you all some good,” Wendy said, eyeing the group.
Max smiled as he leaned into Alec. He just couldn’t believe he was alive. But he didn’t know how to act around his friends. They had known he was alive, and they all let him think that he had killed himself. They had known how much it f****d with him, but they still let him believe he had died. Was he supposed to forgive them? Act like everything was fine when it wasn’t. He had felt the ground slip out under his feet, and they could have said three words, and he would have been okay. But, no. They had lied about it for months. Hell, even Helios had been aware of it, but he hadn’t told him.
“Max?”
He looked up, resting his head on Alec’s chest, to see him looking down at him, and a s
