Because, we have each other.

Blue's POV

Standing behind him in the garden, I watched him... I watched Wilder as he stood before a pond, while skipping pebbles in it.

I never knew the palace had a garden this big, and I found out because I followed Wilder here, he wanted to come to the garden for some reason. I never viewed Wilder as a man who would want to admire flowers, or skip pebbles in a pond. Not even once did I ever think that.

"What's troubling you?" I asked, standing next to him before the pond.

He stared at me for a brief moment, then returned his gaze to the pond, "nothing. I'm not having any trouble of any sort, none that you should worry about."

Well, if he had to say that in such a long sentence, then it's my duty to believe that he really is having trouble. "Is it about the hole in your chest?" I asked.

Wilder said nothing, but I wasn't about to give up, so I went on. "This is not the first time it's happened. From what I know, you have lived with that hole in your chest for years, and nothing h