45. Peace

Third Person's POV

"Are you still in love with him?" Rafael expressed his thoughts.

He couldn't get over it because he had looked inside Edward's mind and experienced Astrid's agony. He could see that Astrid loved him so deeply that she begged him not to reject her, but the bastard eventually did.

Though Rafael has shown Astrid how much he loves her in every way possible, he wants to know about her sentiments before making a spoken confession about his feelings for her, but Astrid drops another bomb on his head about her second mate.

"What!!!" Rafael exclaimed

Astrid was taken aback by his sudden question, but she...