He signed his full name, the ink gliding smoothly across the page, sealing his fate.
Esme's smile flickered, a quiet victory passing through her expression, but before she could speak, something seemed to shift in her mind. She pinched her nose, her eyes darting around the room, her lips pulling into an almost guilty expression.
"Oh, yeah, I forgot," she said casually, though there was a subtle hesitation in her voice that immediately caught Aaron's attention.
A flash of realization hit him like a slap. His jaw tightened, and a familiar anger flared in his chest. Now he remembered. The reason he had agreed to all of this wasn't just for the promise of taking down his enemies—it was because of the damn promise Esme had made. She said if he did this, she would help him get Helga and their child back.
