#Chapter 230: A Promise

Moana

Seeing Edrick finally tell Ella about her real mother made me soften toward him.

I softened even more when Ella said those sweet things, and it made me feel as though we really were a little family despite everything that was going on. I couldn’t help but hug both of them tightly, and I felt comforted when Edrick buried his face in my hair.

But when we pulled apart and I watched them reconcile Edrick’s lies, I felt my smile fade because something just felt off.

I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. It almost felt like some sort of sixth sense, but for what was still a mystery.

All I could do was stare wistfully out the window as I tried to rack my brain over it. Maybe I was just feeling cooped up…

“Do you feel strange?” I asked Mina.

“A little,” she replied. I could tell that she was just as confused as I was. “Some fresh air could be nice.”

I nodded to myself. Ella was playing outside, so why shouldn’t I? I turned to Edrick then, who was sitting back down at the dining room table, and held my chin up.

“I’d like to go for a walk, if that’s alright,” I said. “Just by myself so I can think.”

for a few moments. At first, I thought he would say no; but I also knew that he had the entire perimeter of the estate surrounded by a

with a slight smile. “It looks like it might rain,

my head. “No. I’ll

wasn’t complaining. Maybe a night of sleeping alone changed his attitude a bit, although I still wished that he would just tell me the exact reason behind why

and took in a deep breath, inhaling the fresh mountain breeze. The air smelled like pine trees, and it was cool and misty. It was comfortable

in the view of the freshly pruned hedges and mossy fountains. I sensed Kat’s presence from afar, and decided to push my luck a bit to see

inviting, and with one last look over my shoulder, I stepped into the treeline and began

five minutes later, I heard the distinct sound of

putting my hands on my

moments later, the short-haired tall girl stepped

she said. “Edrick wants me to keep you

a little bit?” I asked. “It’s not often that I get to see this many trees in

two of us walked a little further into the woods. The further we walked,

here so suddenly?” I finally asked after a while. “He won’t tell

a bit of a racket. “Not really,” she said. “As far as I know, he just gave me orders to keep watch over you, and he gave the other guards orders to keep a constant patrol going and not to let anyone onto

you’ve been keeping such a close eye on me, you probably saw that

nodded. “Yeah. I won’t

as a bit of a friend. Kat and I didn’t know each other terribly well yet, but I liked her. She was sweet, and I didn’t

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