Helios made the quiet observation as he and Leandro watched Sabastian Gabris and Bobby Granger walk out of his study. Her eyes were faintly swollen, her face pale. Sabastian had a hand at the small of Bobby’s back, and the protective stance about him had Leandro stiffening. With a hooded gaze, he saw Sabastian and Bobby looking at each other, not saying a word, and then slowly, Sabastian took Bobby’s hand in his. It was a touching scene – so fucking touching Leandro felt like he was going insane at the agonizing pain that scene had caused. Had he really lost her, he wondered bleakly. Had he really hurt her so much that there was no way to have her back again? And if he had, what then? Was he to do the honorable thing and let her go so she could have a happy-ever-after with another man? Sabastian and Bobby had reached them now, and when her gaze clashed with Leandro’s, he had his answer. His life was in those eyes, and to let her go was to let go of life itself. There was nothing worth living for if he lost her.
