Gregory carried that torment with him his entire life—a forbidden subject that no one in the Thor household dared mention.
For years, people kept insisting he needed to move on. He'd been just a child when it happened; losing his sister wasn't something he should blame himself for.
But Gregory could never release that burden.
In his heart, his little sister remained frozen as that young child—she'd never gotten the chance to grow older.
Since his sister vanished, his mother had gradually drifted away from reality.
All this time, he'd never quit searching for her, though every lead crumbled into disappointment.
Perhaps everyone else was correct. Back then, a young child wouldn't have survived alone out there.
Maybe she was truly gone forever.
That shame weighed on him constantly. For Gregory, remaining unmarried and childless became his method of atoning for what had occurred.
Someone like him had no business getting married—he had no right to father children.
