78. Rot And Cinnamon

Greyson’s POV:

It had been days of careful planning and strategizing plus exhaustion on my part. I couldn’t sleep or eat and the longer I went without seeing Freya or knowing how she was the worse I became.

The last few days have been filled with me trying to hold it down and keep sane. Not only for my sake, but for the sake of the children under my care.

It was difficult to believe that Roman could abandon his child to pursue this insanity. He had presumably left Simon in the care of Emilia, whom he did not expect to attempt to escape from his house and come to me but that was besides the point.

The entire thing was messy. Too messy for me to fully comprehend.

Then to make matters worse, there was an ache in my chest that had formed two nights ago and it had refused to leave. I couldn’t explain its origin, neither could I get rid of it.

I was devastated and desperate to find Freya and Goddess knew how much my heart hurt every second that went by without her by my side but that’s