LOREN
This really wasn’t a topic that Loren wanted to get into with Remi, so the librarian shrugged. ”I have all those other people I’ve been seeing, remember?” Hopefully the deflection would serve its purpose, and the alchemist would drop the topic. Given how persistent the other man was, the summoner didn’t have much hope of that.However, there was absolutely no way to avoid the next statement that came from the alchemist. Startled, Loren finally turned to look at Remi. ”Of course I missed you!” The shocked and hurt tone in the librarian’s voice left no doubt about that. ”You, and Ronin, and, and, and everyone else. But...I was the one who wronged you. All of you. I hurt you all so...so badly. So...I...I, I don’t know. I thought that missing you was selfish, after everything I did. Or failed to do. That I didn't deserve to feel that way. Which...I...it wasn't right to say anything about it, because it was all my fault.” Hugging himself, the summoner looked away so the other man couldn’t see the tears once again forming in the Launceleyn’s eyes. ”I’m sorry.” It was too little, too late, and it always would be.
A beggar's book
outworths
a noble's blood
