Chapter 83. You Promised Me (1)

[2019, December 25th. Caines, Terres Somnia]

When they got to the Arden residence, Aria and Troy spent a considerable amount of time hovering over Ethan, forgetting everything and everyone else. Maybe it was the terror, the danger and adrenaline, but neither of them wanted to leave him or each other. Despite their display of passion at the base however, they were still very much fighting.

He could block Aaron and Bart out while he was with Aria and Ethan, but Troy refused to stay the night at either the castle or the Arden mansion.

“You’re being petty,” she said as she watched the road pass them by through the car window. “We should have stayed-”

“Where Aria? With which of the men that you’ve recently spent the night with did you want to stay?”

This shut her right up. Aria was angry too, but his thing clearly trumped hers. Troy hadn’t acted out of character. She had. It didn’t make her any less mad about what he’d done, but her guilt was letting him hav