Page 58 of Satan's Son

All her walls were down, her raw emotions just tumbling out at me. She wasn’t holding back, and the sad expression of grief on her face told me she wasn’t lying to me. She was alreadymourningmy loss.

She truly did love me, and that put my mind in crisis. I found myself stumbling for words. Sure, I’d pushed her to tell me she loved me, but now I was looking at our relationship in the light she already had been.

“I don’t know what to say,” I told her.

Tears welled in her eyes. “And that is exactly why I’ve been avoiding this.” She swallowed sharply. “Because there can’t be an us, can there?”

I took a step closer to her, and she immediately took a step back.

“When are you going home, Ethan?”

Going back to Hell was something that I didn’t want to think about right now. Even though I knew it framed our whole future. What could I say to her?

Again, I walked toward her, cupping her hands, which I was surprised to find trembling.

“Addison, look at me!”

When she did, I could see the fear in her eyes and it suddenly became a lot harder to do this.

“No matter what, I will always be with you.” I cupped her face. “This world is a big place, and I promise you that I will be by your side each step, no matter where you go.” I wiped the tears from her eyes. “I won’t ever leave you.”

A sad smile crossed her wet lips before she planted them on mine and kissed me passionately, as if it was the last kiss we would ever share.

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