Bel paced the empty hotel room, feeling Emma slip further and further away from him. He wanted to race right out the door after her, but something Luci said held him back. Was Luci right? Was he a danger to Emma because of Lugus’ presence within him? He didn’t feel dangerous to her, and when he looked within, all of him seemed to be in consensus about that, and yet… “You did try to kill her. Several times.” Bel growled aloud to himself. If he listened hard enough he could almost swear he could hear a scoffing in his own mind. An echo of Lugus’ voice still remained. It bothered him, and made him fear that Luci might be correct. Bel picked up a chair and threw it across the room where it splintered against a wall. Emma was his Claimed, his One, his other half. There was no possib