lose your faith in me

He didn’t know that Shaye was thinking along the same lines he was about his position within Abaven, but would have been glad they both came to the same conclusion. Neither alpha was perfect, but Rhyme liked to think they made up for each other’s weaknesses. Shaye’s grin was enough to pull him up out of his sadness. She told him they were old and broken, and he couldn’t refute her claim. He did shake his head though.

”Our kids better grow up fast, they’ll have to replace our disintegrating bodies.” He managed to chuckle as he leaned in closer to Shaye as she offered him a bit of timid affection. Their official romantic relationship hadn’t lasted very long, and though he still wondered what might have been, he didn’t return her kiss. He didn’t trust himself.

”We’ve managed to make it work, no matter what. Together.” He paused, aiming to catch her gaze. “No use fixing what’s not broken.” But they were broken weren’t they? They’d already admitted to it. ”In our case though…”