Chapter 68

Kade Disbelief. Disbelief cloaked me like a robe when I sat beside Esmeralda with the sandwich in my hands. What was I doing? Trying to feed her?! Get hold of yourself, Kade, father will not be proud of you. It was like I could feel his presence hovering around the room, watching me with a heavy frown forming on his hardened face. The face that rarely smiled. Despite his absence, his dangerous aura filled everywhere now, and so was his image in my head. I could feel those blazing eyes of his on me, burning me with a look of disapproval as he watched my next action. "Weak!" His voice rang in my head with so much force, it was like he was here, in this room...with me. Despite his demise, his presence brought a great deal of fear in me, making me pretend to be perfect. Even when I wasn't close to it. "I didn't raise a weakling who lets his emotions take charge of him. Drop that now and leave. Leave at once, Arcade!" His voice played in my head, and so was his scrunched-up face which watch