C20 Book 1 The Oath

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. ~ Plato

Liam and I pull away from each other like guilty teenagers caught making out in the basement.

Matilda gives us both knowing looks and smiles. "It's good to see you two getting along with one another at last," she says in the understatement of the year