Interlude: Revealing Conversations

After asking Adam if they could talk privately, Siwan led him into her room. She was nervous, biting her lip and fiddling with her hands. She was afraid that Adam wouldn't be able to handle the news, even though they did nearly end up in the middle of World War Three. Once he was inside the room, she closed the door and sat on the bed, patting the space in front of her for him to sit as well.

He sat down and took her tiny hand in his own, gently rubbing soothing circles into the back of the palm.

"Siwan, what is my love?" he asked, looking at her worriedly. "You know that you can tell me anything."

It was very rare that she would be this nervous, in fact, he could count on one hand the number of times he had seen her like this.

"I know." She said softly in the gentle Welsh accent that he loved. She took a deep breath and looked at him. She looked in his eyes for a long moment, the eyes that always seemed to change color and were filled with his love for her. "Do you know what happened today? At Downing Street?"

"Yes, there was a missile attack and there is talk of aliens." Adam replied. "But there is also talk of it possibly being a hoax."

"What do you think?" She asked, pulling her hand out of his and standing up, moving to the window and looking out.

"I don't know, to be honest." He replied honestly, looking at her back since she was facing the window. "I don't think it was a hoax, but at the same time, what could it have been?"

"What if I were to tell you that it was real?" Siwan asked, still not looking at him.

"I would believe you." He replied without hesitation.

She turned around and looked at him.

"Without even needing any proof?"

"Siwan, you have never lied to me about anything this big. Actually, you've never lied to me, period." Adam said as he stood up and moved to stand in front of her. "What is all this about?"

"It was real. The aliens were real and they wanted to destroy the Earth and sell the pieces for profit. We stopped them with the missile strike. And regarding Serens disappearance, to us, she had been gone a year, but for her it had only been a few days, if that. That's why she hadn't called, except for that one phone call the day after Hendricks went up. She had been travelling through time and space with a man called the Doctor. He's an alien and he has an incredible ship called the TARDIS that's bigger on the inside and is actually sentient. I've been inside and heard her speak to me."

On a roll and seeing that he had no inclination to interrupt any time soon, she continued. She explained about being a Chosen One of the Mara, about the truth behind the accident that had killed her parents, about Seren now being an immortal and about the Choice she would have to make when on the brink of death.

Adam looked at her with his mouth dropped open. Out of everything he could possibly had expected, that was not it. And that was saying a lot considering he was an Immortal and over 5000 years old and had once been known as Death, one of the Four Horsemen.

"Adam?" Siwan asked timidly, looking up at the shell-shocked man.

The timid sound of her voice broke him out of his stupor. He looked at her and saw the hesitation and fear in her expressive jewel eyes, fear that he wouldn't believe her.

"Wow." He breathed. "That was not what I was expecting, at all. But I believe you."

"You do?" she asked, hope shining brightly across her face.

"Yes. Like I said, you would never lie about anything, let alone anything remotely this big."

She smiled and hugged him, tears of relief spilling down her cheeks.

"But, there's something I need to tell you." He said, pulling back slightly and looking down at her. He removed her glasses, put them on the night table and cupped her face with his large hands, wiping her tears with the pads of his thumbs. "Something I should've told you a lot earlier, but I couldn't because I was afraid."

"What is it, Adam?" she asked, looking at his blurry figure in concern.

"Sit down." He said, stalling slightly as he led her to the bed and gently sat her down. "I'm Immortal. Not in the way that Seren is, I'm not a Chosen One."

"So, Immortal as in, you can't die? Or as in you're long-lived?" Siwan asked, her practical nature taking over. After everything she had seen, this was strange but not something she couldn't handle. At least, she didn't think so.

"Both. I can die, I just can't stay dead unless I'm beheaded." Adam replied, hope blooming in his heart that maybe he wouldn't lose this amazing woman any sooner than he would have to.

"How old are you?"

"I'm old. Over 5000 years old. I can't really remember much of my life before then." Adam admitted.

"Have you been alone all this time?" she asked quietly, almost afraid of what the answer might be.

"Not all of it. There are others, not all of them are good. Duncan, the friend of mine that taught you and Seren how to fight with weapons, is also an Immortal. Of all the Immortals I've known, he is the best I've ever seen."

He proceeded to tell her about the Game, about his past, the Watchers and the other Immortals. He also explained that most of his friends from Seacouver that she had met were either Immortals, Watchers or humans that were aware of them. He told her about being a Horseman, the people he had loved and lost over the years. He told her about Alexa, falling in love with her and losing her to human mortality far too soon.

"When I lost her, thought I would never feel love like that again." He said softly, now sitting on the bed next to her. "But when I realized I was in love with you, it took me by surprise. Falling for you had happened so gradually, I didn't even realize it, not even when Amanda and Duncan used to tease me." He put his hand on her cheek, making her look into his eyes as he continued, "When I told you several months ago that my love for you is so much stronger that anything I had ever felt before, I meant it. What I feel for you is so much stronger than anything I felt for Alexa, and that had scared me." He let go of her face and stood up, going to the window and looking out. "Losing her nearly broke me, but losing you," he turned and looked back at her, "Losing you will kill me. If I were to lose you, I would once again give in to the very part of me I turned my back on. The part of me that was a Horseman, the part of me that enjoyed killing, pillaging and raping for fun."

Siwan, who had been silent as he spoke, got up from the bed and moved to stand in front of him.

"You will not lose me." She said firmly. "If I have to make my Choice so that I can stay with you, then I will." She took a breath and looked up into his eyes. "I love you. I realized it when we were in the Cabinet Room with no way out except one that would have killed us all, except Seren."

"Say it again." He said breathlessly, looking at her.

"I love you."

He pulled her in for a deep kiss, tangling his large hand in her hair and he held her head while his other arm wrapped around her waist. She wrapped her arms around his neck, tangling one hand in his hair as he licked her lips, asking for entrance.

She opened her mouth and his tongue slipped inside, exploring every inch of her mouth as their tongues battled for dominance. He gently ran a hand over her side and she melted against him as he picked her up, never breaking their kiss. He lowered her on the bed, with him on top of her, as she ran her hands over his back. They broke apart when the need for air became a necessity and he rested his forehead against hers.

"Say it again." He said.

"I love you." She repeated with a smile.

I love you too."

"We should rejoin the others." She said regretfully.

"Yeah." He said, not making any indication of moving.

"Cariad, you need to get off of me." She said, pecking his lips lightly, almost teasingly.

He groaned and sat up, pulling her up as well. They got of the bed and Siwan ran her fingers through her long thick locks to smooth out the rumpled mess. She wasn't quite successful, but she no longer looked like she had been kissed to within an inch of her life.

She put her glasses back on and they walked out of the room hand-in-hand, making their way to the sitting room.

"I want to go, but I can't just leave again." Siwan heard Seren say as they walked into the sitting room.

"You should go." Siwan said, making the older woman jump and turn around.