Chapter 31

Alaria

By morning, I forced myself to move past what happened the night before.

I forced myself to get out of bed. I forced myself to take care of my little girl. I forced myself to do what I have to do to maintain everything that I've been doing.

At least… that’s what I told myself.

That is what I was trying to convince myself with, that I did not want to think about it, that I refused to allow him to get inside my head, that I was not going to lie, he was inside my mind in a way that I did not like.

I stayed busy.

Anastasia was taking her classes, which oddly was not only her. There were other younglings who were going through them until they went to school. At least there was something that I could do for her that was beneficial within this place where she was going to learn a few things that she had to learn that she had to take care of. Even at her young age, at least she had a sense of responsibility, that there were things that