[Present]
Axel found himself sitting beside her, holding her hand. He didn’t know when he had moved back to her side.
“What happened next?” he asked quietly.
Alice shook her head.
“I don’t know,” she sighed. “For me… I drowned. I was pulled into a dark hole in my mind, and the memories poured over me. All of them, all at once.”
Axel remembered how awful he had felt after only regaining the memory of meeting her. However, Alice had recovered a lifetime at once.
He squeezed her hand. She lifted her eyes to him cautiously.
“I was lost in that hole for a long time,” she continued. “By the time I could move again, the sun was setting. Ashleigh was long gone. I have no idea where he took her.”
Axel sighed and nodded. He didn’t like it, but he understood that she had at least tried to stop Granger.
“Why were you working with him?”
Alice took a deep breath.
