[Lovebite]

Howard looked to Aden, he felt a bit sick at the thought of bringing the young man into his battle and he licked his lips,"You would do that?"he asked gently, turning to face him a bit more when he came forward,"Be my little bookworm?" A small smile crossed his face and he looked away again with a sigh,"I'll have to take you up on getting you out of this town then." The other man mentioned,"If you think you can get away from here and your parents... Once this wound heals, I'm going to take you with me... If you want... I know you've been dreaming about it."