His head snapped towards me, surprise flashing across his eyes

"What?"

I swallowed ,the weight of the question pressing down on me."You ...heard me." I stuttered avoiding his eyes and staring at my feet."Do you love me?

Lukan's brow furrowed as if he was confused, like he didn't understand why I was asking this. But I knew he understood. He always did . The problem was , he never answered.

He shifted, clearly uncomfortable.

"Merida, what are you talking about? Where is this coming from?"

I blinked back the tears threatening to fall, I just didn't want to cry."You ignore me most of the time, Lukan . Just like today....