Chapter 58

“Kaos? Honey? I…. Can you look at me?” His heart was going too fast now, the realization of what he’d just done rushing through him like a tidal wave.

Kaos made another pathetic little noise, but the pleas stopped. The trembling didn’t.

“Can you look at me, please? I’m not going to hurt you.”

Tentatively, Hestia rounded the island on the other side and went to Kaos, pushing her nose into his lap, past the arms, until she reached his face. She seemed to be trying to wiggle her way into his arms, and after couple of very long minutes, she managed.

Padraig’s body decided to give up on staying in a crouch, and he had to lower himself into a sitting position before he crashed.

“W-what…?” Kaos couldn’t get the question out.