Chapter 328 Face to Face (2/2)
“No,” she said, her voice raw “I don’t want to hear anything you have to say”
“Then why are you here?” I asked sih to Ada, then her blood would have to drop their accusations
“It’s your fault…”
I replied with a gentle shake of my head “I didn’t kill them—any of them You know that, Ada”
“But you did!” Her voice cracked, and I couldn’t help but wonder if she hadn’t used itfrom the Relictoet us all killed!”
Ada’s thin face twisted into a gri up in her eyes “You knew…” she repeated, her voice barely a whisper
I took a deep breath The truth was, I had known that ular ascenders And perhaps I hadn’t really cared what that meant at the time These Alacryans were—are, I remindedthe way because they couldn’t keep up with es ould immediately try to kill ht of Kalon’s friendly grin and Ezra’s protective stance and suspicious glare Their family—their blood—were the type of people who kept a torturer on staff and jail cells in their basement
Kalon and Ezra would have likely been just as bad as their father, given tis around for their blood, you know?’ Regis chimed in cheekily ‘I mean…if they’d have survived’
Thanks for that, I shot back
‘What’s the point of having a voice in your head if it won’t give you so is, took a deep, shuddering breath “And the orst part is, you don’t even care My b-best friend, my brothers, died because of you, and you don’t care”
I stared back, expression fixed “Would you have cared for er you met only a few days prior?”
“Shut up!” she snapped, her rough-edged voice catching in her throat “You’re a monster…worse than those creatures in the R-Relictoht about that”
“If you hadn’t been there, Kalon would have kept us all safe! A-and if I hadn’t touched that stupid mirror…” Ada fell silent, her s
I let out a sigh, only being able to see her as a wounded child and not as the horrific Alacryan that would’ve made this conversation so much easier
“It’s not your fault,” I finally said, wondering if I was even entitled to give her colaring “No one said—”
“No, but it’s why you caht? Because at so in your oords” My gaze fell as I re from within the keystonestuck and unable to help
Ada’s brows furrowed as she opened her mouth to reply, but the words stuck in her throat
I leaned against the wall next to the door and slid down until I was seated on the hard stone “Contrary to what youand get this far only because of the sacrifices that others haveher life in order to heal me
“And every time someone I loved died just so that I could live, I would focus on nothing else but seeking out the ones responsible Even if itafter shadows”
Ada sto ed “Because I hope that punishi+ng me for your brothers’ deaths will at least help you feel less guilty for surviving”
Ada gripped one hand tightly in the other “I’e for the her yell
“Why are you looking at an to flow freely down her cheeks “Why are you looking at me like that!”
“Because I've been where you're standing right now, and it's not soh,” I said quietly
I listened to her hurried steps as she ran down the hall up and up the stairs, and felt a sobering nuround, I leaned back against the cold wall as her steps grew fainter A part of ain, but another part found it actually easier to be tortured
The last footfalls echoed through the halls before a lonely silence filled its place
What, no snarky cois?
‘And cut short your well-deserved self-loathing?’ Regis responded ‘Even I knohen it’s not an appropriate time to make an inappropriate remark’
I raised a brow Is there ever an appropriate time to make an inappropriate remark?
‘Sure, if you’re as clever and funny as me’