Chapter Forty three

Ashton opened the wardrobe where he usually kept his things, searching earnestly for something. How could he be so careless to have lost it?

He combed his hair in frustration. An hour ago, he found out that her promise necklace still hung around her neck like she never took it off, while his, was somewhere in the house. He shut the wardrobe as quietly as he could so he wouldn't wake her up.

He walked out of the room, trying to remember where he was with it last.

"Master?"

The young man turned immediately to the soft voice of his maid.

"Maria," he said. For a moment there, they stared at each other. Her, trying to figure what he was doing up by this hour of the night. She stared right at his worried face. How was he going to explain to her that he misplaced their matching necklace?

"Did I wake you up?"

"No, no you didn't. I was going to fill up my jug of water...tell me Ashton, what bothers you?" She said to him but he shook his head.

"It's nothing, get some sleep."

"Are you in search