He was silent, stunned even. I didn’t care anymore, I felt myself grooming all parts of him, anything to get his attention as he processed the information I just told him. Did he already know?
“Maximus.” I pulled softly on the bond between us. Pulling his attention to me, he laid his head down on my shoulders. I could feel the pain he was in through the bond, the despair he was feeling as he fought internally with this information.
“It makes sense now.” Was all he said softly to me. He knew more, he knew something else but wasn’t sharing it with me. I embraced the bond, letting our pain and agony over what was expected to engulf both of us. It was like we became one in our sorrow.
“I don’t want to do it.” I told him softly. “Please fight them with me, please fight for us.” I told him
