Chapter 52. Sweets

Ayla POV

These last few days have been ups and downs, even though I'm determined to move on, memories of my life as a slave often come back, and I just stop whatever I'm doing, and it takes a while before I can come back to reality.

It's hard, I get tired more easily, so the classes have slowed down, which makes me feel guilty, after all, I know that the people around me are trying hard to help me.

Charlotte always tells me that I shouldn't force things and just let it happen naturally. My recovery in such a short time is very good, she told me about other slaves who took much longer than me.

She attributes it to my having drunk Soren's blood and I think that's largely the case, because it forced me to feel things that I didn't want to, that I had been keeping in... Strïth awakened that side, because he was the only being I trusted. It was with him that I understood that I had a choice.

I'm trying to open up more to Soren, it's just harder and more exha