Rain entered the room to find Arene leaned over Arin, who was sleeping peacefully in her lap. She was looking at him with tears brimming in her eyes, while her cheeks were still marked with the streaks of dried tears, giving the testimony that she had also cried earlier.

Seeing her in this devastating state, his heart missed a beat, and started aching with the intensity he had never experienced before. All he wanted to do was to pull her in a hug, and assure her that he was not going to let anything happen to Arin, till he was alive. But at that moment, he was not entitled to...