Chapter 52. Efforts

POV: Seline / Shea

It’s been a week since Slate left her in the palace.

She felt like she was in the middle of confusion once again. However, being away from Slate was a good thing for her. No matter how she put it, she knew that he had grown some feelings for her.

An intense emotion that she knew that she could never reciprocate – even though she tried. Shekinah was right. She must learn to face what was in her heart right now. But the question is how?

How could she do that when she could no longer find the happiness and love that she felt when she was still with Denver?

How could she fill the hole in her heart?

How could she find the courage to forgive and to face her past?

Or is she still capable of those things?

“Denver wakes up too early today.” She heard Shekinah comment as she stopped her tracks towards the dining area.

She thought that she was the only one being awake at that early hour, but she guessed it wrong. She ment