New Home…Again (Nox’s House)

[Legione Sumus]

Liam Wilson

Liam gave her a half smile. "Hugs are nice. Not something we got often. I think I've been hugged here more than I've been hugged anywhere else." Nox had allowed Liam to hug him when they were alone with Lily. He seemed to need it as much as Liam did.

Liam chuckled. "I know I sound like a fan boi, but I owe Nox my life. I own him everything. My life had an expiration date on it. I was days away from being fed a steak dinner with all the fixings. They would season and prepare me for the ritual and then..." He didn't want to think about it, to say it. but he added. "I'd only see one before me. He was friend, a brother, taught me how to please the Blackthorns. And then he was just gone, like that." Liam snapped his fingers. "I have nightmares about it. What it would feel like to have my siblings watching as Ambrose slit my throat and they watched in silent horror unable to do anything other than watch lest they find themselves at a less than glorious death." Liam took a deep breath and fought back the tears. "He saved me and I don't even know how to pay him back. He wants us to do well in school to have friends, to be normal. But how can we be normal after that?" Liam started rambling. "Maybe that's why he's having us all home schooled, and making us go to Kallisti to be around people. Kallisti doesn't seem like a place kids should be, given what ya'll do, but its so much more home than home ever was."

The movie got to one of the jump scare parts and Liam jumped on cue having caught the moment has he looked up. His heart pounding in his chest, his pulse racing, even if everything was blurred with tears. "Don't tell the others I cried." He furiously wiped the tears from his eyes. "I'm the oldest, I can be strong for them, for Ash and Liv too, they had it rough for so long. They don't need to worry about me."