"I can just see her."
"Who, mama?"
"The girl who will steal your heart and unravel all your secrets, my quiet boy. The girl who will not be afraid to show all of her emotions. The fire to your frost."
"I thought you said I wasn't frosty."
"But you like the nickname, Zachary, do you not?"
"Yes."
Eliza Thorne to son Aiden(12)
Aiden’s POV
"Then how do you explain this? Why would I, An alpha's daughter be standing here with you, willingly? How can I be sure that agreeing to work with you that night was of my own free will?"
I gripped the wheel so tight that I knew it would break if I didn't control myself.
Her words were like daggers, stabbing me as they proceeded from her mouth in that accent of hers that was always very evident when she was terrified.
She d
