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He tipped his head, trying to catch my gaze. “Look, we will find out why this place was hidden, even if we have to read every damned book in this place.”
“No, I know. It’s not that.”
I stabbed at my food again, anxiety eating away at my gut. Considering what we’d found, I shouldn’t even be thinking of this, but it seemed I didn’t have control over it.
“Samkiel.”
“It’s nothing,” I insisted, focusing on my food.
I felt Logan’s glare.
“Please return to your book. The research is more helpful than staring at me.”
“What are you avoiding?” Logan ignored me and persisted.
I sighed and finished chewing before saying, “I am wondering how important this prison world is to Kaden. Was he just a prisoner there? He has probably been hiding there for eons, making weapons and plans. If he is waiting to end me, that means it probably requires a ritual. It would only make sense since it took a ritual involving me to seal the realms. Thus, one would be required to open them. And rituals, no matter the kind, require sacrifices or major celestial events. Perhaps he is waiting for that.”
Logan sighed. “That’s great reasoning and all, but I’m talking about the other thing that has your leg twitching under the table fast enough to shake the floor.”
I shot him a glare. “It’s nothing.”
“Samkiel.”
“I mean, it’s probably nothing. I have a tendency to overthink a lot of issues.”
“Samkiel,” he said again, his tone changing. He would not drop this, and the truth was, I needed to talk about it. I was overthinking it, and maybe if I said it aloud, I could gain some clarity. I put my fork down and folded my hands in front of me.
“It’s Dianna.”
“Is she okay? Have her powers returned?”
“No.” I raised my hand, scratching at the back of my head. “She wishes to spend time with me. Just us. She requested a day, and she has made it clear that some of her feelings have returned for me.”
“Ah.” Logan smiled widely. “So that’s why you reek of nerves? I knew it wasn’t the colossal monster in a secret prison dimension. Dianna is the only thing that has ever made you sweat like this.”
The look I shot him only made him grin wider.
“I think I am overthinking it. Before Dianna either tried to kill me or we were arguing, but she has started to open up more regarding her trauma. Which is what I wish, but then sometimes she looks at me in such a way that I cannot breathe. It’s as if all the air is sucked from my lungs. She brushes her hand across my chest or lays her head on my shoulder, and I feel something so much more than desire. Before Gabby died, there were glimpses of this, but it was just an idea. Now… this feels like a true beginning. As if my feet have been placed on a path, and if I take the next step, there will be no going back. I don’t know. I am overthinking.” My hands flexed on the table. “Tell me I am overthinking.”
Logan shrugged. “I don’t think you are. I think you have been chipping away at those walls she so furiously built, brick by brick, and it’s normal that her feelings for you would return. Isn’t that what you wanted? Why does this have you reeling?”
“It feels inappropriate to be concerned with such things when we are dealing with so many other major issues.”
Logan chuckled and folded his arms. “Uh-huh.”
“Am I being irrational?”
“You? Never.” Logan smirked.
I sighed, placing my head in my hands.
“What exactly did she say?”
“A day. She wishes for a day.”
“Ah, so, like a date?”
I glanced at him from beneath my hands. “What’s a date?’
