After Death, Love Unveiled

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Asher could tell Ursa was mockingbim, and it made him feel a bit frustrated. Elara had rushed our of the classroom yesterday, and Asher hadn't expected it to be because of her father.

In the past, if something big happened. Elarn would always come to Asher first. Back then, he thought she was incredibly annoying.

But now, when she no longer turned to him and went to Lysander instead, Asher found himself unexpectedly feeling a deep sense of disappointment.

If she had come to me, I definitely would've gone with her to Lodorwood, just like Lysander did, Asher thought.

After walking Cotton, Elara returned to see Ursa standing alone nearby. Asher was already gone. "He left?" Elara asked.

Ursa nodded. "Yes. I told him about you and Mr. Hawthorne going to Lodorwood. He didn't seem very happy. He just left without saying anything."

Elara sighed. "Ursa, are all men like this?"

"Like what?" Ursa asked.

"When you treat them well, they don't care about you. But once you stop paying attention, they start acting all emotional, like they're deeply in love, just to disgust you," Elara said.

It was like they enjoyed building up this image of themselves as devoted. Even when they didn't care at all, they had to make it look like the relationship ended, but it wasn't their fault. Asher was exactly like that now. Ursa simply replied, "Yes,"

Elara glanced at her, smiled slightly, and dropped the subject. Everyone was focused on their exams at the moment, and no one had the time or energy to be distracted by anything else.

returned a couple of days earlier. Elara had insisted he stay, in on the 26th, so he came back to Brookfield a bit earlier, accompanied by Monica and Chloe. That afternoon, Barrett

sat down and opened her laptop, showing him the news she had just found

highway between Lodorwood and Soward Mount, and several cars

to deliver supplies to the children. If you hadn't left earlier, we might've been

the hospital that day. About the time and the place, Elara had been spot on with every

weren't for Elara... I might've.. Barrett thought, his mind

Monica entered the room. Seeing Chloe already there, she

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her. "What

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news. It's all my fault," Monica blurted out.

insisting that Barrett return early and change his plans, they could've been caught

not your fault. You were just worried about me. Now, both of you, go," Barrett said, his eyes fixed on the laptop screen.

few words from Elara had helped him resolve the fire safety issue at the

words weren't random at all. And when he connected it to what had happened with Regal Crest Hotel,

uneasy under his gaze.

arm on the window and looked over at

"What news?" Elara asked.

landslide on the Soward Mount highway," Lysander

words, Elara quickly averted her eyes, feeling a bit guilty. "Really?" she

at school on Twitter and had been relieved that her

his eyes on Elara, "Looks like

phone. "Yeah, seems like it. I didn't expect

time, when your mentioned the fire safety issue at Regal Crest Hotel, was that also something you dreamed about?"

your dreams... did you ever dream about me and