My heart thundered as Ares looked at me calmly and I felt a chill run through me.
“Something to work towards? You want me to think about everything I might want in life and tell you now?”
He smiled - he clearly thought that I was being naive.
“It doesn’t have to be now… I just think that it would be a good idea. I don’t want to assume you want the same as I do because I don’t think you do, and I can’t find a way for us both to be happy if you can only tell me what scares you. Finding that knife… not knowing what happened to my parents has truly haunted me and I cannot tell you how much it would mean to me to finally know the truth. I know that they are probably not alive, Morrigan; I just want to know what happened. That is important to me.”
My heart felt heavy and I wished that I coul
