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"Yes, but you have had ample opportunity to do so since And it seeement weregaze, and I looked away

"I aine what you endured while they held you captive, and truthfully I would have done the same if our positions were reversed But as you are ardless of the circuether"

Tears sprung in ht "I’m sorry I was afraid you’d take off after hiy," said Henry "And I ask that you accept o, Kate, because I love you Not because I believe you belong to me Anyone who has been around you for five minutes knows better than to think that"

"Apparently hed

"Yes, well It’s easy to chalk this whole ave Calliope the respect and love she deserved, after all"

"You’d think he would’ve learned from that"

"You would think" He sat down on the bed, and I didn’t et our son back as badly as you do, but this is not the way"

My eyes welled up again When would I stop being on the verge of tears? When I finally held Milo? When Calliope was defeated? When Cronus was back in his own personal corner of hell? "I don’t kno to beI do, it’s like--it’s like this need is pullingtoward it And when I’m not, I’ anything to get him back We’ve practically abandoned himy hand in his "I am certain Milo does not You said so yourself that you believe he knohen you are there"

I rubbed my eyes with my free hand "I want him back, Henry I want us to be a family"

"We are a family" He kissed ainst mine "We cannot pretend it has been easy, but we love each other unconditionally, and that is what et him back I swear it"

My chin trembled "How?"

"I do not know yet, but I will find a way We will find a way together"

I kissed hi if he could taste my tears "How am I supposed to help you when everyone thinks I’m worthless and won’t teach me how to use my abilities?"