Chapter 88

I looked into Jon's sparkling eyes as I said it. "Yes, Hector. The perfect son of Priam and Hecuba. A firstborn son turned general, like you...and he...he was gone before his time...just like the prince of Troy." Jon smiled, kissing me on the cheek. "Hector." He said, wiping stray tears away from his face. "Perfect." I winced as I adjusted the cloth on my stomach. Jon helped me by putting it securely in place. He handed me a glass of water that I drank from eagerly. "It'll take time for me to heal...physically, and emotionally. Goddess..." I whispered. How am I going to recover from this? "I'll be here with you every step of the way, Diana. My place is beside you, now until forever." Jon declared. I gulped, still unaccustomed to such casual declaration of feelings. We had been bottling up our emotions from each other for so long. This would take some getting used to, but I looked forward to expressing my love for Jon every single day moving forward. I licked my lips, sudde