Derik let out a heavy sigh then nodded.
“So have you, Brax. Now go take a minute, I’ll watch the twins,” he said, and I wanted to say I was fine, that I could handle the new pressure without needing a minute, but we both knew I’d be lying.
Instead, I nodded and stood up.
“You know where I’ll be,” I said, and he nodded back.
“Yeah, but be careful, that place is mutual now.”
“I will,” I said, then left the room, the mansion, and the city, heading for the only place that could calm me down, could help me see things straight. The lake.
It wasn’t far from the city. The main pool of the lake went into a cliffside, the water running down it, breaking the silence in the most serene way.
I loved it in winter when the water was so cold but so refreshing. It was peaceful, undisturbed, e
