Chapter 159:
“Liam, shouldn’t you be helping over there?”
“I suppose just ordering others around isn’t right?”
Liam conscientiously answered and handed Lawrence to me. Lawrence hesitated briefly before tightly wrapping his arms around my neck. The child’s weight settled heavily against me. I’d naively thought he’d be light, but he was quite substantial. I patted Lawrence’s back.
“Lawrence, shall we watch what uncle is doing?”
“Mm-hmm.”
We walked along the bridge. It was fine up to where we were, but beyond that it was broken, with the river clearly visible below. Liam sighed and dusted off his hands. Then he began to move slowly with his arms spread wide.
The cold night air around us moved slowly. Do you know that sensation when the air moves without wind? It was exactly like that. The air gradually gathered around Liam.
Snap! The crisp sound of static electricity that I hadn’t heard in a very long time.
With his eyes closed and head slightly tilted back, Liam muttered something softly.