He stood from his place, confused, trying to hide his equipment from her view, as he had not seen her for a while and did not want to see her. "Mom, what are you doing here? Do you need anything?" Aseel closed the door quite quietly and entered her son"s room, which she hates, as she did not like the room he had chosen for himself downstairs, with the prisoners, the sick, and the guards. and his brother. As a child he pleaded with her to take him from here and back to their modest cottage, hating to see the distinction Kayden was to get and the neglect he was getting in return. She sat on the only sofa in the room, her palms on top of each other, speaking to him in her calm voice. "I missed you, I came to check on you." Damien lifted his hair from his face and forehead, clutching a

