Chapter 13
Chapter thirteen
Liam
It’s like I’ve gone mad, madder than I ever was before when I was looking for her.
Now that I have her near me I can’t stay away. I can’t bear to not be within eyesight of her at all times. But there is this barrier between us now that wasn’t there when we first met. When I’d seen her in that abandoned building it was worlds apart from how we are acting now.
One glimpse of her and I’d known she would be mine, that she was perfect — that hasn’t changed. But her reaction to me has.
Isla was witty and bold when I first met her. She took the leap and I felt fully alive for the first time in my life when she did it.
Now, she wants nothing to do with me. And it fucking hurts.
I don’t know what I’ve done wrong but I’m willing to make it up to her one step at a time until I have my princess back in my arms.
Ruaridh had taken the group of them up to where they would be sleeping, a load of suites on the north stand of the stadium.
It is where the majority of us stay at night with a few of our guard rooms scattered around the rest of the place for safety purposes.
A location I’m ecstatic about because it’s the same floor that I’m on.
And Ru, which is almost definitely why he put them there.
Mentally, I have been creating a checklist of everything that could be troubling my girl. Starting with the most likely.
Her being pregnant.
With my child.
In an apocalypse.
If I were her, I would be terrified of the what-ifs, and in this world, there are plenty when you are just looking out for yourself, never mind preparing to take care of a defenceless baby.
So it’s decided I will plan enough to take care of them both. That way I can at least try and lighten the load for her even if it is just a little bit. Because in life, no matter how strong someone is, sometimes they need someone to hold them up when the weight of their worries get too heavy.
For her, I will be that person. For Isla I will do anything.