Together

Chapter 100:

Violet’s POV

Asher took me back to the Forgotten Lands. He showed me photos and videos of my parents. He gave me the family I had been craving for. I had it all except, my heart.

I couldn’t help but feel like a piece of me was missing.

“Do you think he will be fine by now?” I asked Asher as we sat looking over the setting sun while he held my baby —whom I secretly named Blade, after Axel’s missing sibling.

I could feel Asher’s eyes on me, but I tried to keep a straight face.

“It’s been two weeks since we left Axel’s lands, but you don’t miss a day without enquiring after him,” Asher pointed out and I felt my cheeks heat up instantly.

“No, it’s nothing like that. I am just asking.” I tried to fix my sentence but even I knew that my defenses were only making it worse.

Asher kept staring at me with that boyish face he always gave when he caught me, and I knew that lying would be pointless.

I let out a sigh and closed my eyes. “I have really tried hating him. Forgetting him.