Seven
Gray
The air rushed out of my lungs at Liam’s dire words, but I forced myself to remain calm. “Tell me. Whatever it is, we’ll work it out.”
“It’s a very long, highly complex—”
“Highlights version, Liam. Let’s start there.”
Liam waited a beat, then finally released my hands. He exhaled deeply and closed his eyes.
“I’ve told you before, I’m not exactly as I seem,” he said. “And that is only a modicum of my treachery. But it is where we must begin.” He opened his eyes again, twin blue orbs that burned with new intensity and locked onto my gaze as if that alone could keep us from falling apart. “I was human once, Gray. A shadowborn, like you. In some respects, I’m still human.”
Briefly, I wondered if that was the worst of it, but the fierce look in his eyes said otherwise.
I sat
