"You know what the fuck I mean." "I'm scared I do." Liv said faintly. Shit, what next? "Can we forget the Sir stuff for a sec, and you spell it out for me anyway?" His face closed up, and he sighed. "Okay, you asked for it." He tightened his arms around her. It was as if the very air was holding its breath. "Look at the wall." He put his hands on her cheeks and directed her face in the direction of the long wall. "What do you see?" Livvy looked. It was her wall. Prepared, primed, and painted all by her. But just a plain, light grey wall, not even a picture on it. Hold on, there had been a picture. A scene of the mountains from her window. Where the hell was it? "I took it down. We need a blank canvas. Look." His arm tightened around her again, and Livvy leaned back into his warmth. "Watch, and ask questions later." The wall changed color, and a flickering appeared, then slowly steadied. Oh my God! Am I really seeing this? "You are," Sael said. He hugged her closely to him. "Not us, but what is expected of us.
