Timberlink’s POV
Night of Esmerelda’s 18th birthday
I know Esmerelda has been avoiding me since Mom put herself into a coma. Does she feel the pull too? I have been in love with Esmerelda since she was born. There was something about her that I clung to. Even when I was training with Ares, I was still checking in on her daily just to make sure she was ok. I lived to see her smile, and I would destroy the world for making her cry.
I almost did once. Ares had to stop me. The last few years Ares has had me on a mission that hadn’t allowed for me to check on my Esme. My moonshine. My heart. I had been a grumpy asshole to anyone who dared to talk to me. My enemies feared me for good reason. Without my Esme I was an uncontrolled beast capable of destroying anyone and anything in its path.
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