The next two chapters will be them dismantling their complex feelings so heads up (this was harder to write LOL):
Eve
Elliot lay in my arms, sleeping now, body ached into mine. His body was warm and small. It was now when I held him like this that I realized just how tiny he was, his frame slight, signs of the incessant unnecessary invasive medical procedures, and under-eating.
I knew who was responsible now, without a shadow of doubt, yet would it be enough to grant me reprieve from the guilt that gnawed at me, the hollowned that had taken root in me.
Kael had left, leaving me with... Hades.
For a long moment, there was nothing but the sound of Elliot's soft breathing.
None of us spoke
Because...
What was there left to say?
I raised my head slowly, and from where he now stood, our eyes met. It was like a clash, steel against flesh as agony seized me.
He looked different...
He was different.
