89 Emptiness that leaves you drained…

Lyla

“You killed him,” Clarissa echoed again, her eyes shooting daggers at me.

I stared at her, totally stunned while my heart hammered against my ribcage trying to process. her words. The accusation hit me – stinging deeper than anything I’d ever expected to hear from

her.

“What?” I whispered, hoping my voice was steady enough. “How could you… Why would you even say that?”

“Why would I even say that?” she repeated with a sneer, closing the distance between us until we were nearly nose to nose. Her eyes, which were the colour of my father’s shone with anger.

“Your father has just died, Lyla,” she should be with your family, mourning with us but

spat. “You here you are running away as usual. You only care about yourself and when things don’t work. out, you play the victim.”

I stared at Clarissa, with my eyes wide open. For as long as I can remember, my family has seen me as an outsider – a stain on the family’s name. My presence was tolerated, barely, yet now, after all these years, they dared to accuse me of running away?

They dared to accuse me of not sympathizing enough with them when I never felt like at daughter.

The accusation ignited resentment that I’d kept hidden for years and I exploded.

“Running away?” I repeated, taking a step towards Clarisa, my tone rising. “Yes, I am running away because that’s the only thing I was forced to learn, the only thing I know how to do better. What else was I supposed to do? When you all acted like I didn’t exist.” My fists clenched as I struggled to contain my anger.

“For four years, Rissa… no one bothered if I was alive or dead. Now you expect me to feel sympathy over the loss of a man who disowned me? A man who was ashamed to even call me his daughter? You think I should mourn him like he was a loving father?”

her face contorted with shock at my outburst, but I couldn’t stop now. “And you know what? I’m not sorry that he died. I don’t even

perfect.”

Clarissa’s face slowly disappeared as she stared at me with

really mean

died but that doesn’t mean I’m happy either. It means I don’t care. If I tell you half of the

Emptiness that leaves you

at me, not saying anything. After a few

to leave, Dad and Mom said they had no hand in that. You disowned us as a family

me and neither did any of you and that’s okay. I’m here only to perform my

come back when mom dies?”

I doubt she would want me to attend

few more seconds then turned away, clearly done with the

reached out, grabbing her

demanded. “Tell me why you were accusing me of

“Like you care?”

can’t let it go to tatters

he has been licking Alpha Ramsey’s ass to stop him from looking for you.”

talking about?” I eyed

in the dungeon and always coming here demanding that Father must provide a way to contact you, Dad was constantly doing all he could

her cheek. “He hoped that if he

Have you stopped low to

‘t gone t

he the celebration…If you hadn’t run away in the first place…” she yanked her wrist free my my grip, rubbing it as if my

voice. “You have no idea what you’re talking about. I didn’t think he would do that. So, you don’t get to do this. To force

t gone of

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