After I Amazed the World the Cold Alpha Regretted

Chapter

75

The rhythmic hum of the engines did little to soothe the whirlwind of emotions churning inside me.

Leo had been trying to reach me incessantly, his calls and messages flooding my phone.

Each one only added to the confusion and turmoil in my mind.

I hadn't yet figured out how I was going to face him, let alone what I would say when I did.

By the time we landed and checked into our hotel, I had

Paulated my emotions very smoothly.

The Serevia City tournament was coming up and I had to focus all my energies on it.

That night, while lying in the darkness of my hotel room, I couldn't sleep.

rious notes echoed in my head, preventing me from sleeping peacefully. I decided to go for a walk.

The hotel lobby was quiet, a few late-night travelers milling about, but my attention was drawn to a familiar figure seated at the grand piano in the

corner.

Rolin, his fingers dancing across the keys, was lost in the music, a serene expression on his face.

I had never seen him play before, and I was taken aback by how talented he was.

The music flowed from him effortlessly, filling the space with a melody that tugged at my heartstrings.

approached, Rolin noticed me and gave

asked, his fingers still moving over the

I shook my

head.

"No, too

much

on

my mind," I admitted.

the empty space on the

We can play a duet, something to take your mind off

hesitated for a moment, but the thought of playing alongside him was too tempting to

to him, and together, we began

some reason, I had a subtle feeling. Even though we were playing

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a conversation of notes and harmonies that seemed to

a little while, I lost myself in the melody, the weight on

a breath I hadn't realized

Rolin," I said, my

everything. I never imagined I'd be able to play like this, to compete at such a high level. You've helped

me,

never have to thank me, Elizabeth," he said, his voice sincere. "But do you remember coming to the human world more

surprised by the

do," I replied

stand the bullying from my adoptive parents and Alice. I stayed there for a while, trying to escape

gaze distant as if

man and gave him the last of your food, didn't you?" He looked at me with a depth of meaning and emotion that I couldn't read, "Maybe you've forgotten

hit me like a jolt, and I froze, the memory rushing back to

battered youth in a

face hidden beneath a mess