#Chapter 176: He Keeps His Promises

I clung to Asher like he was my anchor in a storm, and he held me just as tightly. For a while, I was transported to a different time, where Asher and I hadn’t hurt each other and nothing between us had changed. We held one another like we belonged to each other, like nothing else in the whole world mattered outside of the circle of our arms. Slowly, the fear faded from within me, pushed back by Asher’s comfort. He would keep me safe. He promised. And Asher always kept his promises. He combed his fingers through my hair. I closed my eyes to more fully focus on the gentle touch of his hand down the back of my neck and over my shoulder. “I’ll shield you however I can,” he whispered. “But you have to be careful. You can’t make any projections, no matter the circumstance.” He didn’t know about my accidental projections of him. I didn’t know how to tell him about them. Would he think me pathetic, for missing him so badly I had to create a version of him on my own just to find co