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'He can't see me.'' She realized. Biana made herself vizible. The sihloette emmediately rushed down the path, growing swiftly bigger and bigger.'''

But then Biana's vision went black, and she sank into the silky depths of sleep.

Chapter 12:

Keefe's POV

'''Grady Hadn't stopped pacing for the last ten minutes, and it was driving Keefe crazy. Every once in a while, he'd pause, and turn, and glare at Keefe for a few seconds, but no words came out of his mouth.'''

Keefe would have said something, but honestly, he was scared.

'''Scared. '''

'''The word wasn't supposed to be good, but at least he was feeling things again. Had Sophie done the impossible again and fixed him? Maybe. '''

'''Little fragments of memories kept swirling through his head. Two mainly. The first was of Sophie (big shocker). Her eyes, looking into his, really, really wanting him to come back into the light. She cared about him.'''

'''The second was of Alden. Telling him to back off. So that his son-Keefe's best friend- could be happy. '''

'''Keefe realized that he had a choice. And that was betwen two feelings, one stronger than the other, but the other too important to break. He was an Empath... he was supposed to be good with feelings. Right?'''

'''"Eh-em." The sound of Grady clearing his throat woke Keefe from his trance. He looked up. '''

'''Grady was standing before him, his arms crossed, looking down at where Keefe sat stiffly on the sofa in the Ruwen living room. From what Keefe could tell of his emotions, the man was angry.'''

Very angry.

'''But there was something else, and Keefe had trouble placing it. '''

'''Was it... disapointment?'''

'''"You know that she's unmatchable, right?" Grady's words floated across the room, and Keefe almost didn't hear them.'''

'''"I'm sorry, what?" He said. "Why would that concern me?"'''

'''Grady sighed, rubbing his temples and sinking down onto the couch opposite where Keefe sat. "You like my daughter. Normally, that would be a problem. It IS a problem. But..."'''

"... But what?"

'''Grady looked up. "I need an empath's help."'''

Keefe said nothing.

'''"I have these two feelings... and they're fighting. Constantly fighting." The man continued, shaking his head. "The first one is my want to protect what I love. I love Sophie, Keefe. I love my daughter. I want her to be happy... but last lime I let a boy into my daughter's life...   I lost her."'''

'''He was talking about Jolie, Keefe realized. '''

'''Grady kept going. "But I have this feeling about you. Different from last time. Something in my heart that just screams 'good'.  I know you broke her heart, Keefe. Joining the neverseen raised too many red falgs. It's just too close to what happened last time..."'''

'''Keefe distinktly saw a tear roll down Grady's cheek. "But then I realized that you did it FOR her. Not for you. You care about her... and that should be the only thing that matters."'''

There was a long pause, in which Keefe made several attempts to speak, but got lost in the emotions swelling up in his throat.

'''"You see, Keefe, I'm at a crossroads. I need you to tell me that I can trust you." He looked into Keefe's eyes, no anger, just hope. '''

'''"Tell me that I can trust you." He whispered.'''

'''Keefe was shaking. "You can trust me." the words came out raspy, but a feeling of happiness was starting to thaw through his chest. '''

Grady nodded, getting up from the couch, and offering Keefe a hand up, one that he accepted.

"Wait, so you're honestly okay with me dating Sophie?"

"Take it slow, Sencen."

"What about Fitz? You do know that Alden told me the exact oposite thing not too long ago, right? He basically told me to keep away."

'''"I'm not going to fight your fights for you, kid. That's your problem. I'm just letting you know that..." the man seemed to struggle with forming the next words. "You... have..my..." he winced. "Permission."'''

'''"Wow. that looked excruciating." '''