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Seeing Blindly: Royalty

| chapter 29 |

"Amara?" The shadow in the dark calls out my name. The voice spoke so clear with confidence. I knew that voice all to well.

"Liam? Is that you?" I say into the dark. I couldn't see very well, so with just a little snap of my fingers, a flame ignited from my fingertips. Using it as a light, I was able to see him just right.

I felt his hands bring me closer to him, his arms then wrapping around me. My head fell upon his chest, and for the first time in a while, I could breathe again. The theories of how he was here with me didn't bother me. He was here with me... that's all I could be grateful for.

"I thought I would never see you again." Liam says into my hair. "With the fire at East River I assumed you-" He stops. He thought I died. Or worse.

I back up half an inch and say, "I know... but what happened after Ruby called the League? Did Chubs make it to a hospital?"

Liam's face grew into confusion. "Uh- Chubs is fine... but who's Ruby?"

What?

"Ruby Daly, she came to East River with you and Chubs and Zu?" I tried to tell him. "After the fire at East River she-"

"Amara, I don't know what you're talking about." When he looks at me, I can see the emptiness. I can see that a life he lived was taken away.

I decided to ask him. "Liam... what happened the last time you saw me?" If I was going to spend time with him, I needed to get the story right.

He looks off into the woods, then back at me. Without saying anything, he gently presses his lips against mine. All I ever knew about my life before this moment seemed to disappear. Everything I had ever done... all the mistakes I made... all the right choices... led me to this moment.

We depart for a minute when he answers my question, "That." He exhales softly. "I remember that."

There have been a lot of things that have happened since the last time I saw Liam. Even though it's been just 6 months, I would remember kissing him. I would have stayed by him, given up on Clancy, and lived a life of running away with Liam.

But we never have kissed before up until now... the reality is the only person I've ever kissed minus Liam is Clancy. Clancy was my first kiss...

"What happened next?" I asked, almost out of breath.

Liam was almost out of breath too when he responded, "You panicked... ran back to Clancy that night." His eyes grew teary. "Amara, you chose him over me...I thought I lost you."

He was right on that. I did chose Clancy Gray over him... not just because I wanted to, but out of fear. I thought it was right because all I ever knew in life was Clancy.

I placed my hands on the back of his neck and said quickly, "You never lost me." I placed my mouth on his, the energy so bright and warm. His hands were clasped gently on the sides of my face, drawing me closer.

In the time spent away from each other, I finally now understood what it felt like to love another. To fall for another... to want another so bad that you can't breathe right without them. To live a life without them...

I needed him... just like he needed me.