'Why am I even asking this question? This is ridiculous!' But as these thoughts ran through him, Ian found many reasons to convince himself that he needed to hear this. But did he? Deep down, he wanted to find out how he had 'invited' Shelby into his home and apparently tied to him.
He could not also explain why he seemed to want to adhere to her needs. Nothing made sense, but what he really wanted to get to the bottom of was the glaring glowing rings on both of their fingers.
Something he had never noticed on his finger until she appeared.
'Had it ever been there? Have I been too caught in my sorrow of losing Aliya to notice it? That's not possible!'
From the time he had noticed the glowing rings on their hands, the pale one on his pulsed stronger and stronger because it was getting clearer and brighter by the minute.