Lucian I couldn’t believe my ears. A wave of nausea washed over me. What in the goddess name was she talking about? How could I have killed Asher’s father? I’m just getting to know the boy for the first time. It is impossible for me to have a hand in his father’s death. For a moment, my mind was a cluster of confusion, until I reflected on the moment when I was staring at a man in the pool of his own blood. The man’s eyes were green just like Asher’s, lifeless and wife open as they had stared back at me. Could it be? I swallowed hard, summoning the courage to ask her just one question, “who was Asher’s father?” The woman stared back at me, shocked, like she couldn’t believe what I was asking her. “You….you don’t even remember him, you don’t even know his name,” the woman started to w

