Chapter 36

LAWRENCE POV: I release her from the hug before cupping her cheeks in my hands I stroke her cheeks looking into her eyes full of pain and loss, those sparks I saw when she laughed were gone. " my name means pure but my heart is not pure but dark and filled with hate," she says softly bringing her head down in shame. " Everyone has a painful past but is how you deal with the pain that shows how strong you are" and I am taking from experience it brave enough to hide the pain but braver in letting go of what you feel. " so that means you have a painful past? " she asks sock as she avoids my gaze. "My father was not always this kind and free, he started training me at the age of six years" I breathe deeply as the memories clouds my mind "I never received any love all he cared was to build me up to be a king, the only person who was able to save me when it gets tough and made me smile was elder Mathias " " my father kept on with this until I was tak