Chapter 103: Mum's Gone Missing Pt. 1

Vale:

It didn’t take long for us to get to the packhouse. That was when my father decided to hold the meeting as opposed to the family home. Understandably so.

I was still in a volatile mood when we walked through the door. There was no particular reason why. There was never a particular reason why I was in a mood. Every little thing seemed to excite me or set me off since I transitioned into this…version of myself.

Ares Barbosa’s presence only seemed to agitate what little resolve I thought I had. I had turned in to someone or…some thing that I could no longer recognize. The more time that I spent with Ares, the easier it was to see.

I would not admit this aloud. At least not in front of him, but…I didn’t really like this version of myself. In fact, it…in a sense, made me feel insecure about myself.

I missed being the human vassal who was silently confident and undoubtedly compassionate and kind.

As we approached the packhouse, I found that my eyes had been consistently on Ares’s