“It wasn’t you that was threatening her.” Lionel clarified in his whispering voice. Always a bit shy. “I knew that going back to Pyre would crush her.”
“But to challenge me? I thought we were better friends than that.”
“We are. I just can’t stand to see her suffering. I do love her, you know?”
“I know.”
“That’s your fault. You knew what would happen when you sent me to protect her.”
“I know you’re loyal, who else could I send?”
“Do you know how it kills me somedays?”
“I know.” Gray confessed guiltily.
“Can you know her, and not love her?”
“I would be the wrong one to ask.”
“I mean, before she’d fully become the Spark? Is it only her magic that makes her like that?”
“Irresistible?”
“Yes.” Lionel confirmed.
“It wasn’t for me.”
“You were kind to me, and I truly though
