Trigger Warning almost at the end of the chapter!

 

Third Person POV

 

"Missed me?" he asked, the familiar smirk still on his face. Bellona could not believe her eyes; no, she refused to believe what she was seeing. I must be dreaming, she thought, pinching herself hard, hard enough to sting her to the bone, but she was not waking up from the dream. She closed her eyes, hoping they were not playing tricks on her, but when she opened it, he was still standing in front of her.

 

"Asher," she whispered, her voice filled with shock. The last time she saw him was in the cell, and the next...