Aiden’s POV

 

She snapped out of whatever imagination she had conjured and looked at me, confused.

 

"Sorry about that; I zoned out."

 

"Is everything okay?" I didn't mean to pry, but I had always seen her as the rude yet strong and confident seductress she could be sometimes. I couldn't think of one moment where I had seen Alessa sad except for when she did get something she wanted or was about to get scolded, and it was always just a little pout.

 

Just now, something about the way she zoned out and said she wanted to die gave me the impression that there were things to her that I...