Tension swelled into the space left by Daniel's smile hanging in the low light. The shock of seeing Daniel alive knotted in Liam's chest like a vice whirling in his head. Every thread of his life screamed this was wrong, that the guy before him was meant to be dead.
"How." Liam's voice was barely over a whisper; he was parched and his gaze was fixed on Daniel's eyes.
Daniel moved closer, the smile never leaving his face. " How can I still breathe? You thought that I'd just let myself get killed that easily? You underestimated me, Liam. You thought you were always one step ahead. Well, this whole time, I have been one step ahead of you.
Anger simmering beneath his confusion, Liam's hands clenched into fists. You died, I saw it. I held you in my arms. How in the hell are you standing here
