I CARE ABOUT YOU. ...LIKE FAMILY.
WHEN YOU LOOK HAPPY,
I FEEL GOOD, EVEN IF I'M NOT THE REASON.
WHEN YOU DON'T,
ALL I WANT IS TO TAKE BETTER CARE OF YOU SOMEHOW.
IT'S OBVIOUS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD TREAT YOU WELL,
BUT WHEN THEY DON'T... IT MAKES MY BLOOD BOIL,
AND UNTIL I CAN CONFIRM YOU'RE ALRIGHT,
I JUST CAN'T CALM DOWN.
I FELT IT WHEN YOU WERE HOVERING BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
I NEVER WANT YOU TO GO THROUGH ANYTHING LIKE THAT AGAIN.
...BUT,
IT'S NOT ROMANTIC LOVE.
SO, IF YOU BROUGHT UP TYING SLEEVES
WITH OTHER FEELINGS IN MIND—
I'LL... HAVE TO PRETEND I NEVER HEARD IT.
...LOOKING BACK,
I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO CARED.
EDAN HAS NEVER
TRULY SEEN ME AS A WOMAN.
HE NEVER GAVE ME THE 'SOMETHING' I WAS HOPING FOR...
WHOA.
?
AH!
UH, WHOA, HOLD ON...!
THIS IS DEEPER THAN I THOU—
GASP!
...AN OUTSIDER?
GRAB ON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I HAVE A TERRIBLE SENSE OF DIRECTION,
AND MY LUCK IS PRETTY AWFUL TOO.
YOU SAVED MY LIFE.
...YOU STILL LIKE HELPING OTHERS, I SEE.
EXCUSE ME?
HAVE YOUR EYES BEEN THAT WAY SINCE BIRTH?
I'VE SEEN EYES LIKE THAT BEFORE.
IN 'GROER',
THE ROYALS OF OUR COUNTRY ALSO HAD BLUE EYES.
THAT'S WHY THEY ALWAYS WORE A BLUE JEWEL ORNAMENT
TO SYMBOLIZE THEMSELVES.
WELL, IT'S ALL IN THE PAST NOW.
THE LATE KING PASSED AWAY ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO,
AND HER HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS DISAPPEARED AROUND THE SAME TIME—
EVERYONE SAID HER HIGHNESS HAD PASSED AWAY, BUT I!
I
DIDN'T BELIEVE IT.
I COULDN'T ACCEPT THAT HER HIGHNESS WAS DEAD,
SO I SEARCHED FOR A LONG TIME.
...YOU HAVE THE WRONG PERSON.
IMPOSSIBLE.
THEY SAY NOT EVEN A GHOST CAN MIMIC A BIRTHMARK.
SOMEONE WITH A STAR-SHAPED BIRTHMARK LIKE THIS...
THERE HAS ONLY BEEN ONE PERSON IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
RENE GROER.
WHO ARE YOU...?
HELLO.
I WONDER IF YOU REMEMBER WHO I AM.
LOGAN BLAKE.
YOUR FORMER FIANCÉ.
IT WASN'T JUST ME.
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER SEARCHED FOR YOUR WHEREABOUTS
MORE DESPERATELY THAN ANYONE.
UNTIL YOUR BODY WAS FOUND.
GRANDMOTHER... WAS LOOKING FOR ME?
I THOUGHT SHE WANTED ME DEAD MORE THAN ANYONE.
EVEN AFTER THAT, I COULDN'T ACCEPT IT.
AFTER YEARS OF SEARCHING, WE FINALLY MEET LIKE THIS.
This is a gift.
...... .
...RIGHT. YOU PROBABLY NEED TIME TO PROCESS THIS.
I'LL BE BACK SOON, RENE GROER.
I HOPE YOU DON'T FORGET ME BY THEN.
HE WANTS... TO MEET AGAIN.
AH...!
GIVE IT BACK, EDAN!
WHERE DID YOU GET THIS.
AND WHO WERE YOU WITH ALL THIS TIME.
WAS IT AN OUTSIDER?
Chapter 20 of Asha of the Border tells a turning point where Rene Groer is shaken by an emotional confession and confronts her past. The person facing her says they cherish her like family but that it is not romantic love, and that they will pretend not to have heard about the arm-binding matter. As Rene realizes Edan never saw her as a woman, she is disappointed, falls into a deep place, and is rescued by a stranger. Her rescuer recognizes her by her blue eyes and star-shaped birthmark, introducing himself as her former fiancé, Logan Blake.
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