She turned back around, glaring daggers with her nose red and her eyelashes wet. "If it's not easy that means you're trying to lie to both of us." Ari reached upwards to wrap her arms around his neck and pull him closer to her height. This time her fingers interlocked so he couldn't yank her free so easily. "Look me in my eyes and tell me that you don't love me."
He was jerked downward with her hands hooked on the back of his neck, being forced to stare at her big tear filled eyes, red nose, and wobbling lips. Alaric stared at her, and he swore the half working heart in his body kickstarted something terrible in his chest. "I don't.... I don't. I don't-"
