Ch. 56 Earth Fae

Mason

After being a virgin for twenty-three years, I never thought I’d ever be one to complain about sex. And don’t get me wrong, I love absolutely every minute I spend buried inside my mate. But ever since reading Asher’s note, she’s constantly needy.

I’d do anything to wipe that broken, devastated look off her face but the only time it leaves her face is when Aspen and I have her screaming in pleasure. But the minute we stop touching her, she withdraws again. I’ve even caught her quietly crying a time or two but when I try to comfort her, she pulls away, insisting she’s fine. It’s tearing me up inside that I can’t take her pain away.

Currently, we’re all sitting around the kitchen table in my family home, trying to come up with a plan to find Aspen’s mother. Everyone except Ellie, who’s currently curled up in the window seat, studying the yard like it holds all the secrets of the universe. Her nose is red and she has dried tear-tracks on her cheeks.

“You remember, don’t you