Severed Ties

I looked into Declan's eyes. He hesitated for a split second, almost flinching, before finally meeting my gaze. Those eyes, always so serene and unruffled in my memory, now seemed shadowed by a touch of melancholy.

"Why?" I asked, my old shyness nowhere to be found. Everything I'd been through lately had pretty much wiped out any sense of embarrassment.

Declan looked surprised that I'd pressed him