Chapter 34 – The Gamma

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you…I could walk through my garden forever.“–Alfred Tennyson

Kiya

“… I’ve been exonerated?”

“Yes.

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I didn’t know what to feel. Should I feel anything? Sitting next to the Gamma on the plain bed, I stare at the floor as my mind registered the news. The air is silent around us, our breathing echoing. Should I be happy? Angry? Scared? Shocked? Enraged? Disappointed? My mind cannot process a single emotion, blank as a newly purchased canvas. All I could do is just sit there, unable to look Kwame in the face.

“How long?”

“Excuse me?” He asks.

“How long after I passed did you all find out the truth?”

Kwame sighed heavily. I knew it is a loaded answer he is about to give. “Three years ago.”

Gaining the courage to look him in the face, I notice his eyes were glued to the floor. He couldn’t look at me at all. “Who killed Luna Ess–Celeste and Nuria, then?”

“He went by the Rogue King. It didn’t take us long to figure out that he was related to former Alpha Jonathan.”

His words left me dumbfounded. “Related? You mean he was…”

He revealed. “It is an act of revenge against his brother. Upon his capture, he confessed to everything, including framing you. They acquitted

was hearing. Neron’s uncle killed his sister–in–law and his niece to get back at his dad. And for what? For petty revenge?

“I didn’t expect

did we.” Kwame chuckled. “But, yes. You’re exonerated, and your punishments were voided. But there is not much we could do since

Look, Kwame,” I was facing him with my bent leg on the bed. “I have a very happy life here and

up.”

Moon gave you hope. And I don’t want to take that away from you. Your happiness is here…not with us.”

before you. I can’t repay them enough for feeding,

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for you, Kiya. You deserve the absolute best. Always. I wish Zircon Moon would have seen your potential before we snuffed it out.

you don’t mind me asking, how did you survive? No one could have survived

smile small, my eyes burning with unshed tears. “It’s a long story. But our Moon Goddess helped me out. She gave me a second chance

that he wanted to ask. But Kwame couldn’t bring himself to speak. What was stopping him? This is the only

that I cannot forgive Zircon Moon for what they did to me. It can’t forgive the Lanes, the Omegas, and everyone else between, especially Neron and his father. What they did to me was on par with what monsters and devils would do to their victims. There is too much

myself for not helping

and belief in my innocence. I’ve come to terms with that, with the help from my therapist. Yes, I held some anger for you for not standing up to Neron sooner, but

tears. “You sure know how to make a man tear up,

“There is nothing wrong with crying. I hope talking with me eased some of your burdens. I hope you find an answer

every other avenue in case this alliance falls through the cracks. But, talking to you and finally getting the answers I was

different. We could have become good friends. It is a shame that we both missed out on a potential friendship. He is a

my feet. “But, thank you.

make my mother feel good when she hears. you’re alive and well. Your death devastated her, so I hope this

could see her in person and hug her, but it’s just not possible. I still remember her grief–stricken face that night, begging

could around his muscled stature. It took him a second to reel in from the shock, but he hugged me back, burying his nose in my hair. His muscular arms caged

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