TRIGGER WARNINGASHER. I stood by the river bank, watching as her body got attached to a bamboo shaft. The river led right into the seas on the east coast and after the required rituals had been carried out, she was pushed into the water and left to float away. I didn't wait another minute, just

SOPHIA. Watching Asher pay his last respects to his mother along with the others had been nerve wracking. He looked forlorn and all I wanted to do was reach for him and wrap him in a hug but he was too busy listening to the Priest and trying hard not to cry. Her body remained floating in the rive

SOPHIA. I lay stark naked on the table, surrounded by candlelight, food and drinks. Asher was too concerned about my body to care about the food. He pushed a few plates aside and pressed his lips into my thighs, inhaling softly as the tip of my nose skimmed my skin. "Fuck. You smell nice as hell,

ASHER. Sophia was restless for the rest of the drive to the hospital. She had developed a sudden fever and she kept whining because her abdomen hurt terribly. All of these were symptoms of an incoming period but she had her own diagnoses. She was pregnant but I refused to believe it until the docto

SOPHIA. Asher's car cruised to a halt in front of the tiny estate. After the trafficked women and children were saved, Asher had arranged for a house to be assigned to them and a few children who had no families to go back to were admitted into the small orphanage institution. We climbed out of t