When Amelia spoke, it broke the stupor everyone was experiencing from the events that had just unfolded before them. Kevin and Julian bolted into action, tackling Gwen like a football player, knocking her off her feet, and pinning her to the ground before she could do anything else. Robert rushed to aid Ethan and Eleanor in the event their marking had injured one or both of them.
Robert breathed a sigh of relief as he approached them. Ethan and Eleanor were still in a heap together on the ground. They were laughing as they kissed one another and wiped each other's tears as they wept with joy.
Ethan laughed, “I have wanted you to do that to me for years.”
“I have wanted to do it for a long time. I was just too scared. But with what Gwen said, the thought of losing you chilled me to the
