Chapter 46: Tranquility And My True Ma

He missed me? Surely, that can't be it.

"Are you serious?" I ask him, wondering to myself if he really risked every single thing, just because he wanted to see me.

He lowers his head.

"I am." He says, like a child says to his mother when he has done something wrong.

I stare at him, and I find he is actually serious.

I tighten my grip on his hand, and he looks into my eyes.

Hopefully, he'll see just how much I love him right now.

"Well, let's continue. On to the cafe."

I say that with an old-timey accent for some odd reason, which in turn makes him smile.

We make our way to a relatively small cafe, and as opposed to taking a seat on one of many pairs of chairs with a table at its center.

Elias instead pulls me along, and we head around it, making for an alleyway.

When we walk for a few seconds, he stops, darts his head from right to left.

Then to me.