Tangled Memories

Anton stood beside her, looked at her, and asked, "What else do you remember?"

Valerie slowly turned to look at him and then at Alaric before saying, "Mom had made a boy promise to marry me after he grew up so that he could protect me and not let me get hurt." After saying that, she frowned slightly; she felt her head hurt again.

"Okay, don't think about it. Look at me. Don't think about anything