I closed my eyes.
'I nearly lost control, Liam.'
'I know.'
'No, I mean really lost it. I couldn't stop the electricity, and Stephanie's kid was right there, and I—f**k. I could have killed him.'
Liam tightened his arms around me.
'But you didn't, babe. You pulled it back.'
'With your help. And Perse's. And everyone else's.'
'That's what we're here for, sweetheart. You're not supposed to handle everything alone.'
I pressed my face against his chest, breathing in his familiar scent until the horrible tightness in my stomach began to ease.
'I killed him.'
'Yeah, you did.'
I waited for him to say something else, but he just kissed the top of my head.
'And I'm not going to pretend I'm sorry about that. He would've killed that woman if you hadn't stopped him, and Goddess knows how ma
