West POV Aria's mom is dead, I can't think properly right now, we expected it but not this soon. As I entered her room to see her, considering she wanted to talk to me “Hope? How are you doing?” I called out to her. “I know what's wrong with me, and I've made peace with it,” she told me, going straight to the point. “But I want to find out some things, and ascertain that my daughter is in the right hands.” She told me. “What's that?” I asked her. “Why do you have my daughter with you? Why is Aria staying with you? From what I've heard so far, she is being held hostage, but you're treating her like a princess, don't get me wrong, I appreciate it. But I need to know why you are doing all this.” She spoke out, barely audible for me to hear her. “Hope I won't deny the fact that I met

