Chapter Ten
Gulliver stared at Griffin like he didn’t believe the words. “You want…” He shook his head, wincing at the movement that caused him pain. “But I’m… I don’t belong.” He took a deep breath, and it shook on the way out. His eyes glassed over, but Griffin didn’t know if it was from the pain of his missing tail or the shock.
“Gulliver, if you stay here… I’m afraid what will happen to you when I’m gone. I can’t protect you when I’m not in this realm.”
“But…” He wiped away a tear, probably hoping no one saw it. When he spoke again, his voice was nothing more than a whisper. “I’m not someone who gets chosen. You can’t risk whatever it is you have to do by taking the orphan kid with half a tail and nothing else to call his own.”
Griffin understood his hesitation then. Gulliver wasn’
