His tormented past

Aselia's POV 

That one word ablaze the very blood that coursed through my veins, taking along the pain that made every bit of my existence excruciatingly ache.

So not only she took advantage of his innocence, she rap*d him when he was still underage. Why was she still breathing? The clutch I was holding slipped from my hand and cluttered to the floor. 

"Seventeen? You are telling me you were a kid when she did what she did," I asked with clenched teeth, it was like I could sense his emotions. He was watching me with a guarded expression, not trying to reveal more than he had to.