SOPHIA I couldn't. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't stop thinking about it. I couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, couldn't stop crying. Every single minute I found myself asking what was happening to my boys. Where were they? Were they in trouble - of course they were! Had they had anything to

ASHER How could she? That was the only question that ran through my mind as I fixed my gaze on her, wishing she would say something and not stay silent like she had fallen into a fucking trance. Soon, she looked up at me and shook her head. In her eyes, I could see defiance, stubbornness, the unw

SOPHIA Asher was hurt. Not that I could blame him, but he was also the least of my problems at that point. Words could not begin to describe my happiness when Gaston said my boys had been found. The wave of relief that washed over me, sending a warm feeling down my spine. It was only a matter of t

ASHER If I did not sense it before, it became clear to me in the few hours I spent in the abandoned warehouse trying to make sure that I caught the person who had shot Heather. She had been attacked from the top of the roof, and I was very certain the point of the attack was to keep her quiet. But

ASHER It wasn't fair. None of it was. As early as seven a.m. the next morning, the elders were present at the throne room. I made sure to call a neutral doctor to conduct the test. Doctor Theodore was a specialist at Onyx Herald's Royal hospital, and I contacted him once I made the decision to ge