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Chapter 168: The Quiet After the Storm

Author: Benita Jones
last update Last Updated: 2025-05-23 18:39:43

“I thought it would hurt less after a week,” Elena murmured, fingers resting over the letter that had been folded and unfolded so many times, its edges had begun to fray.

“It never hurts less,” Asher replied softly. “But it changes.”

She looked up from the bed where she sat cross-legged, her gaze distant. “Do you think he knew he wasn’t going to survive?”

“I think he accepted that he might not,” Asher said, stepping inside their room, boots tracking in the scent of morning frost. “But he still chose to protect you.”

Elena exhaled shakily, her hand tightening on the letter. “He used to be the face of everything I feared. And now—now I wake up and wish I could hear him tell another stupid joke.”

Asher crossed the room and knelt before her. “You forgave him, Elena. That gave him the chance to become someone worth mourning.”

Her voice cracked. “I hated him… for so long.”

“But you don’t anymore.”

She nodded, tears slipping silently down her cheeks. “I don’t.”

A heavy silence fell between t
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