CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: BLAST FROM THE PAST 1

Apart from Elliott, Jayden now had one more fear.

And that fear stemmed from not having a definite answer as to if he still loved Avana the same way he did when she was alive.

He still dearly loved her. He could not deny it, but it was never the same after he kissed Alisa. Before he met Alisa, Avana was so prevalent in his heart that he held full conversations with her in his head as though she was still with him, speaking to her and hoping she was listening. And seeing Avana in his dreams every night felt like a confirmation that she still loved him wherever she was.

But since he met Alisa Grant, Avana became less and less real. She had never really died to him, but now she was becoming less alive, like a fading echo.

Worse, since the night he kissed Alisa, he had not seen Avana in his dreams, and it disturbed him that it did not hurt him as much as he would have wanted it to.

He felt like an experienced murderer, who had killed so many that killing no longer ripped apart his soul a