“Yeah, well.” Aiden smirked again, tiredly. “Even if I wanted to have my folks freaking out over me, I don’t think the graduate coordinator would go for my needing time off because my guardian angel died.”
“Your lover died, Aiden,” Cassandra said. “It doesn’t matter what kind of being he was. Grief is grief. I’m sure Dr. Castelli would be a lot more sympathetic than you think he would.”
Aiden swallowed. “I shouldn’t be like this. It shouldn’t be this hard. I barely knew him.”
“I don’t think that matters,” Cassandra said gently. She scooched closer so she could put her arm around Aiden’s shoulders. “I knew right away when I met Greg that this was it, this was the guy I’d marry. If something had happened to him even a few days later, I don’t think it would’ve made a difference in how much
