Tydeus stayed silent as he studied the group of interlopers. His eyes narrowed and he took deep even breaths as if to calm himself down. After an uncomfortable amount of silence he spoke. “As much as I hate to admit it, I guess they have a point. I want to stay here with you, Acacia, to show you who I am and that no matter what, we belong together. Even from the beginning, our souls called out to each other. It doesn’t matter to me that we didn’t even know each other at that point. Our souls fell in love at first sight.” “No,” I responded. “You might have fallen for Juniper, but she wasn’t even aware of you. I’m not sure why you decided to defend her like this life after life, but considering she didn’t even know your name, know your face, there’s something not right about that. That’s no

