I Never Said It Was

Still, Adrik walked further to her, and the second he was an inch closer to her, he grabbed her hand and began to walk away.  

"Adrik, what are you doing? Let go of me, please," she begged, her eyes wanting to meet his face.

The man came to a stop. "And do you want me to?" 

"Huh?" 

"Do you want me to let you go?" 

Her lips quivered, and she looked away to the ground. "You have to let me go, please." 

"I have to, but not because you want it?" He arched a brow at her. "You have to be more verbal about what you want, Leia. I waited for years, I waited every agonizing day for you. I made it possible for you to be reincarnated, I begged for it, and I went missing. Did you think that after everything, after all that pain, I was going to let you go? Let someone else have you. I'd rather you'd not reincarnate if it was going to be like that. Do you think I can stand that nonsense?" 

"Adrik…"