Chapter Eighty Five

It had been a maid at the door; I had left so quickly I couldn’t get even a single word from their conversation.

I didn’t know whether to feel at ease that my mother was back or more anxious. What had she done? Why was she injured? Where had she gone?

Those were the questions on my mind—questions I would not be getting an answer to ‘yet’. She had said we would talk later—how much time is considered as ‘later’? I was only going to give her a few hours, and then I would be back. I didn’t like what was going on, and I had to know. I was more than ready to help now, if only she would trust me enough to tell me.

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“Is Axel alright?” I asked Thane, trying at anything to get my mind off my mother; she hadn’t come to me, and so I was going to go to her; her time was up and I needed answers.

“Yes. He is”

“I hadn’t seen him since the date,” I said.

“He is pretty engaged,” Thane answered and then paused.

“Anything wrong?” I questioned

“No, I just got mind-linked by Axel; it seems like Slade lov