"Fine," I replied. "I'll meet with her." Mother's smile broadened, seemed more genuine. "That's my boy." She said, cupping both my cheeks with her palms as she stared into my eyes. "Everything that I do, I do for you. You know that, don't you?" Her warm touch was more than enough to put a smile
SOPHIA "Asher?" Gérard called out, and I turned to Asher. "Gérard?" Why did the both of them seem like they hadn't seen each other in ages? They were inseparable, like bees to honey when we were younger, at least before I had left. Even though I didn't see much of Gérard after Asher's coronatio
ASHER "Can you believe it, man? Sophia? Three boys? Man! I wouldn't have ever thought she had it in her." I heard Gérard say, once Sophia disappeared from our sight. His words dragged me back to the present and I managed a chuckle. "I know right?" He smiled, shook his head, and looked away from m
SOPHIA "Are you certain you want to remain here, Dr Bailey?" The lab attendant, Becca, said to me while she stood in front of the door. "Yeah. I am certain," I started to reply, looking over the electron microscope in front of me again. I needed to look through the results as many times as possibl
ASHER I turned around in that instant, not wanting to look at her for one minute longer. I wasn't sure I would be able to contain everything I felt standing so close to her, especially now that the future of my kingdom depended on it. Sophia was a distraction, one I couldn't afford. It was funny,
Like a hurricane, they rushed towards me. My eyes widened in shock, I called out to Gaston but he was nowhere close. I turned on my heels and ran as fast I could. Once I pushed a door open, I found my courtroom. Only it wasn't my courtroom anymore. Reed was seated on my chair with Adeline next to h
SOPHIA I could swear I had the weirdest dream. One moment, someone was screaming my son's name really loud, and the next thing, my door was almost ripped off its hinges. It was the banging that caused me to jerk up from the bed. I knew my boys got up immediately after I did, but the urgency of the
I would have lost him. If Asher hadn't seen him, if Asher hadn't gotten there fast enough, I would have…I couldn't bear to think about it. My hands reached for my eyes to wipe off the tears that threatened to fall. I sniffed them in and blinked rapidly, hoping to fight them back. The knock on the