20

ELARIAN

As soon as Jonathan stepped out with the guards, I knew he would never find Aeros on his own if I didn’t help him, so I ran after him and told him that Aeros would be at the bar where he met me.

He didn’t believe me, so I just did my best to convince him that it would do no harm to check it out along with me, and if I was wrong, he would just bring me back to the mansion.

That won him over, and we set out together. Just as expected, we found Aeros drinking himself into a stupor in a bar, and I hatched a plan with Jonathan. The plan was to give me a few minutes in private to talk to Aeros, and he made me promise that I would tell him whatever I found out regarding what was wrong with him.

He successfully locked Aeros and me inside the bar, and Aeros was definitely pissed at the whole thing.

“I don’t want to be stuck in here as much as you do, but if you ever want to get out of here, then tell me what I want to know, Aeros. What are those nightmares about?” I asked as my hands s