Jem Pov
I could see the way Aislyn was shaking, the fear in her. She hid it well, her back straight and her hands gripped tightly into fists at her side as she stared straight ahead with a calm face. She had adapted well to my mask and I couldn’t help but smirk at it. We followed Leon and Ember to Aislyn’s father’s chamber. Honestly Aislyn probably didn’t need the lead, but it was the proper way, and having witnesses would be helpful as well. Not that I was doubting Aislyn’s strength, her magic. Even still I knew how long her father’s been dying for, slowly getting worse over the years. It started when Aislyn was born, or so I was told. His heart gave out, the death of his wife, Aislyn’s mother, was hard on him. He tried to bounce back for the sake of the child, but became depressed o
