Chapter 308 Schemes

• Charles
• I waited and watched the emotions rolling across her face. Her lips trembled. She stared back at me, likely trying to figure out if I was bluffing, but it had been years since she had been able to read my expression. I didn’t even feel her reaching for me to try and get a glimpse into what I was thinking.
• The bond was there, but it was completely unresponsive. Decaying, if not dead, in all the ways that mattered.