WREN
Three days ago, Ash had told me of his encounter with Elias at the market.
He hadn't really gone into details. He only said it wasn't a bad encounter after all. I asked him later that night if Elias had said something to him, but he said nothing, that they had only shared one long glance that lasted for about three minutes before he left.
I knew I shouldn't have asked, especially considering the fact that I was supposed to forget everything about Elias. But my curiosity just wouldn't let me breathe if I hadn't. I knew Elias too well to believe he would walk away from something without dropping a word or two, even if it was just a passing comment. So hearing that he hadn't said a single word felt like a new version of Elias I wasn't ready to believe existed.
When I asked Ash that l
