I wondered what Ares had meant when he said he would end up obsessing over silly things if he stayed in the room with me, but I didn’t question him.
I continued to silently sort through my new things and wonder what my life would be like now I was with Ares’ pack. I put on one of the outfits Aleks had bought for me - it was a rather utilitarian dress made from an earthy brown material and I felt far less uncomfortable than I would have done in any of the other things he had traded for.
I smoothed the material beneath my hands and looked down at myself - the dress was slightly loose, but it was far better than anything I had owned for a long time, and it wasn’t dirty or ripped, or something I had been told to wear by Gaella.
I sorted through all the things again; Aleks had provided me w
