Chapter 141

Adelaide

Asking whether someone was okay was just a normal question—but deep down, I had already started panicking.

It was just words, and I hadn’t meant anything by it—but the look on Claire’s face sent a cold chill down my spine.

What if today was the day our friends would betray us?

What if that was the reason why Aelius acted so strangely in the temple?

“Everything is perfectly fine,” Claire’s voice trembled as she swallowed. She reached for Violet. “Let me hold her, please?”

I hesitated but then gently passed her over. Claire had always been careful with her. She smiled warmly and pressed a soft kiss to her forehead while Violet stared at her. The color of their eyes was nearly identical, both a beautiful shade of blue, and their blonde hair was not that different either.

Violet was a carbon copy of Alaric, but one could easily mistake her for Claire’s.

My heart ached. It ached because I could tell she genuinely shared a connectio