To His Hell and Back - Chapter 108: Returning Where They Belong

... He never was.

After all, their mother had been the same as her. She was a distant, unapproachable, and far too proud of a woman. And yet, for all her coldness, she had been a woman who made one mistake while trying to fix another, weaving herself into a trap of her own making. A foolish, naive creature who thought she could outmaneuver fate.

Ariel hadn’t just inherited her mother’s features. She had inherited her illusions too.

Morpheus tapped his finger lightly against ...