Carla 

Thunder and I finished what we were doing. We washed our bodies in the shower together, and then he went straight to sleep after that. The first thing I did was make my way to my room. After an hour of waiting, I slipped out of the castle and into the stables to meet Asher.

Asher and I had agreed to have a private conversation after midnight, which I promised we would do after I promised to meet him after the stroke of midnight. Because I was running late, all I could do was pray that he was still there when I arrived.

While I was looking for him,...