Aiden sat silently on the veranda, staring at the item Aria had left behind.
It was the Everlasting Pursuit Incense, a gift sent from the Crimson Serpent Clan of Ravenhold for Aria's birthday last year.
"This would be more useful to you than to me," she had said before leaving.
She hadn't promised never to return. Though she vowed not to ask for forgiveness again, Aiden knew her well enough to understand she would still try to atone for her past in some way.
"Such unnecessary actions," he muttered.
Tracking this incense wasn't something just anyone could do. Only the specially trained experts of the Crimson Serpent Clan were capable of such a feat. The incense itself was a meticulously crafted secret, exclusively manufactured within the Crimson Serpent Clan.
