8: Larke – Angels and Assassins Apocalypse [New Episode on Patreon 📣]
**Chapter 8 Sneak Peek**Larke
“You have to go,” I half-said, half-asked. “It’s fine. I understand.”
“Are you sick?” he asked again.
“Yeah. Going on about a week or so now.”
“Do you know what you have?”
“No.”
“Do you know if it’s…”
“I don’t.”
He swiped his thumb over my right brow. “I looked for you, Tapley. I didn’t abandon you. I never will. It doesn’t matter what you see me wearing. I’ll never abandon you.”
“I believe you,” I said.
“Don’t just believe me. Know it. Trust it. Have faith in it. Being in here doesn’t mean the oath I took to protect you goes away. I take my duties seriously. You know that.”
I heard every word.
Yet, as he looked at me, I saw neither oath nor duty. For the first time since we met, his poker face completely failed. His expression betrayed him, along with the slight trembling I felt in the hand pressed against my face.
