Bab 188: The Tales of Erohim (6)

"they are saying you're truly Erohim, and you're going to be leaving us to save your mother and if you leave you will not be coming back anymore, but I don't want you to leave because you are my… my friend, and if I…"

She paused as a blush stained her cheeks and her rushed words turned to a whispered mutter.

Rowan wanted to roll his eyes in exasperation, but he knew that would hurt her, and he was not such an ass*ole that he could not appreciate the strength it took for her to speak her mind, many adult men would never be able to do so.

Yet he also found it funny, how closer to the truth they were, but their logic was coming from an entire direction from his own.

'That was quick.' Rowan thought as he began considering her words. Was she already considering him a friend?