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Twenty five

DAMIAN.

"She was the owner…of the orphanage that I was in," she said slowly after she'd been silent and disturbed for a long while.

I didn't know what to say to her, but I let the words sink into my skin. I gulped hard, watching her watch the lady walk away. Ishtar looked panicked and scared, like she was transported back to a time in her life she didn't want to remember.

It was at that moment it was beginning to occur to me that I didn't know much of her story. And her being a child from that orphanage could be the information I needed to know everything about her and how or why she was connected to Minerva. I smiled and pulled her closer, "I'm sorry about that. She didn't recognize you, though."

"Fortunately," she sighed, and her brows creased. "I'm so sorry that happened. I almost-"

"Sorry, why? I'm not complaining."

"Hm-hm," she nodded, still looking disturbed. I wanted to tell her everything would be fine, and she didn't have any reason to be scared or sorry, that I was here for
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