His pattern was screwed. Totally screwed. Dani as Willow made his head explode with pain and hope. He had wanted to deny it. How could he live with the knowledge that he almost killed Willow? It didn’t fit the pattern. Still he could not deny it. It made sense. It was entirely logical. It explained why he had felt her, seen her in his dreams. His heart had known what his mind did not. Had tried to warn him. It broke the pattern. When he had Willow, they would fix it. Or make a new pattern.
“Order eventually restores itself, by psychic equilibrium.” He had to believe this to survive. Together they would forge a better pattern. One that couldn’t be screwed up by anyone.
First he had to make her safe. There were too many players in the game. That’s why he had taken Bates and David out of th
