She was trying as hard as she could to stay away from him, not going up to him and embracing him.

Lilia didn’t know why Aiden hadn’t come to see her earlier or why he hadn’t told him about him when they talked earlier.

Was he angry at her?

Did he think that she was related to everything that had happened in the family?

She surely hoped that he didn’t or else their relationship would be literally turning to shit. 

However, she decided that she would wait a little bit until the two of them were alone to talk about those things as he clearly didn’t want to reveal them to those around.

She knew the reasons why since she had seen Sylas’s reactions all of her life and she knew how hard the man could be on his child.

So, it made sense for Aiden to try and be as far away as he possibly could.

“So, Aiden are you serious about what you just said? Did it really take you two months to get this strong?” repeated Melinda, wondering whether or not he had said the truth about this whole thing.

“Yeah, it really has been two months,” said Aiden as he started to pay attention to Lilia and he started to understand little by little why she was acting this way.

He had understood earlier, however, he still wasn’t sure if she knew. 

Nonetheless, those reactions were clear. She knew about his past, well the old Aiden’s path.

“Alright, then I guess, I’ll respect the request you made earlier. Sorry Maelis if what I’m about to say offends you in any way,” said Melinda as she turned toward Emma with a serious look on her face.

While all of this was happening, Lilia who just couldn’t resist anymore started to discreetly move toward Aiden.

Her body was now right beside Aiden’s body as their shoulders were touching each other.

Then, she slowly moved her head upwards, so that she could try and whisper something to him.

“Are you mad at me?”

That was the question that she had decided to go with, as she was truly wondering if Aiden was mad at her for what happened in the past, even if she had nothing to do with it.

In fact, she ignored what had even happened to him as she thought that he had been killed by his father, Sylas Nightshade, the crazy man.

Aiden hearing that whisper had no choice but to divert his attention toward the person who was right beside him.

‘Mad? Why would I even be mad?’ thought Aiden, unsure about the reason that she would mention such a thing.

It didn’t make sense from his. point of view.

‘Oh, mad about what happened with the Nightshades.’

After a couple of seconds, those thoughts finally clicked. However, he simply couldn’t be mad about what had happened with the Nightshades.

Sure, he was feeling a little bit of rage inside him whenever they would talk about the Nightshades, but that came from the owner of this body which wasn’t even present anymore.

Aiden had replaced him two months ago.

But, the real question was how could he be truly mad over what had happened, he hadn’t even lived it. So, it didn’t make sense for Aiden to be mad.

Then, he lowered his face, as he whispered.

“No, I’m not.”

He didn’t add any details as he didn’t want to miss the conversation which was just about to start in front of him, well it had basically started.

“Emma, because Aiden won the tournament. He got a wish, right?” asked Melinda, making sure that she understood why she would be asking such a thing.

“Yeah,” confirmed Emma, confused as to why Melinda was talking to her.

She was after all someone part of one of the most important families that existed and not only that, she was its head.

So, why would she suddenly start talking to her, what did Aiden even do when he spoke to her for a second time?

Emma had a feeling that she would learn about it right now.

“Aiden’s request was a special one and once again this is nothing against you Maelis,” said Melinda, deeply apologizing.

Maelis couldn’t help but wonder what could cause one of the strongest people on the planet to apologize to her. 

It simply no sense in her mind, why would she even need to apologize two times at that?

“Aiden asked me if you, Emma Everheart, wanted to follow him to my family,” said Melinda, finally revealing Aiden’s request.

Emma who just heard that was kind of shocked as she hadn’t expected something like that, especially considering the past month between her and Aiden.

However, that wasn’t the biggest problem right now.

If she were to accept this, she would be leaving her family. The family of her mother.

Thinking about that, Emma had no choice but to glance at her mother who hadn’t said anything yet simply watching her daughter, observing her actions.

What would she try to do?

Aiden had no idea about what her choice would be which is why he made sure to pay attention to Emma’s every move as he wanted to tell whether or not she would accept.

“Mom, what do you think?” asked Emma.

However, her mother stayed completely silent it seemed that her mother wouldn’t interfere in her choice, respecting it either way.

Maelis would understand if her daughter wanted to join a founding family, that was the dream of every single awakened since there would be a lot of power that would come with it.

‘Abandon my mother? Follow Aiden?’ thought Emma, debating inside her mind, unsure of her choice.

Would she even try to make the right choice?

Then, while Emma was still debating over joining Melinda’s family.

Lilia who was still right beside Aiden mumbled something that Aiden was able to hear albeit barely.

“What if I followed him.”

Aiden who had just heard that was shocked as he simply couldn’t understand why she would say such a thing, wasn’t she already part of a founding family?

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