"Still young," Adam said. "Although you did rather promise that we'd grow old together. Could be a long time."

He took a bite, quiet briefly and then bursting out suddenly with, "I want to leave. Right now. Today."

Immediately feeling foolish, he dropped his eyes and fidgeted. "After breakfast. I don't want to stay here one minute longer than I have to. We can book a room at a hotel."

There was a note of utter desperation in his voice, of fear. He'd been trapped in this nightmare for most of his life, and his dream had finally returned. He wanted to escape with Ronan before the trap of his life fell shut around him.