Triton Seeing Ava in pain and crying like that has affected me more than I imagined. Her screams of agony will forever haunt me. I couldn’t stop the pain, though I wanted to. Ava had to feel it for the magic of the locket to work. She told me she loved me. Ava didn’t hate me; she loved me, and I couldn’t stop myself from telling her the same in return. Ava passed out in my arms, her energy depleted. Her mother asked that I take Ava back to the chambers we stayed in previously. I didn’t want to leave her alone, but Blaze asked that I return to speak with Ava’s family. That was a barrel of laughs! There were so many of them that I couldn’t even begin to count them all. Many of them spoke all at once, throwing questions and accusations. I understood their fears. The past isn’t always ea