Chapter Fifteen

“What did you say?” Amaris asked quietly. She must have heard him wrong. This couldn’t be. “What did you say?” She said again, louder and firmer this time.

“Asterin,” He said, eyes glazed. “Asterin Medies. That’s her bracelet. I gave it to her.” He suddenly looked at her with wide eyes, a glimmer of excitement flickered in him. “She’s alive? She’s in Oddelerie? She’s back in her family house? How is-”

“How do you know her?” She pressed. She had a bad feeling about this…

“I…” he trailed off, “She’s my wife.” He admitted.

“What?” A cold wave washed through Amaris as she stared at the captain in a new light.

“She’s-” He started but she stepped back shaking her head.

“No, it can’t be.” she breathed. She tugged at her ponytail and stared at anything but him. “She’s… She wasn’t married and she…”

“By the heavens, who told you that?” He asked with a blaze of fury in his eyes. “Do they still refuse to acknowledge it?”