“See her? “
The prospect seemed… disastrous for some reason.
The lantern’s flame flickered…ever so subtle. Ivy stood frozen, her breath shallow, her fists clenched at her sides.
“She was beautiful.”
It was difficult imagining her… for some reason…
Axel hadn’t moved.
His gaze was locked on the glacial tomb before them, on the woman encased within,inside the vault, preserved in ice like some forgotten goddess.
Her face must have been serene, her dark lashes dusted with frost, her lips slightly parted as if she had exhaled her last breath in surrender...
Ivy’s stomach twisted as she imagined.
“She was beautiful, and you loved her. And I am just… ” f**k this strange void forming within her…
She cut the thought off before it could finish.
“You want me to see her,” Ivy fi
