Chapter 108

　　Eero's perspective 　　"I'm sorry, Aelice. I'm sorry that I thought of something like that, but your father hates me to the core, and I really thought that." I stopped myself from speaking midway and popped a smile, "I'm sorry." 　　Aelice nodded her head. My friend pulled me into a hug and whispered how sorry she was. 　　"It's all in the past now. We should forget about this, but promise me no secrets from now on, will you?" Aelice asked, lightly squeezing my arm. 　　"I don't want something like this to happen again. I'm scared that another secret and lies might end up completely ruining our friendship." I showed her my pinky finger. Aelice hooked her pinky finger with mine. 　　"No more secrets and lies," I said, she repeated. We laughed at each other and hugged once more. 　　When I pulled away from her, I finally saw a glimmer of life in her eyes that I thought I wouldn't be able to see again. 　　"Is it true that you have a pup with Claudius?" She asked. 　　"Yes. He'll soon turn one year old