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…”

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

his sister–in–law and his niece to get back at his dad. And for what? For petty revenge? I was framed and tortured over petty revenge! I breathed

mutter. “I

You’re exonerated, and your punishments were voided. But there is not

retorted. “I don’t want Zircon Moon to know I’m alive. Look, Kwame,” I was facing him

up.”

Garnet Moon gave you hope. And I

the woman you see before you. I can’t repay

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wish Zircon Moon would have seen your potential before we snuffed it out. I’m

how did you survive? No one could have survived that fall

my eyes burning with unshed tears. “It’s a long story. But our Moon Goddess helped me out. She

looked as if he wanted to say something, his mouth opening, and closing, but remained silent. His eyes held many unanswered questions that he wanted to ask. But Kwame couldn’t bring

did to me. It can’t forgive the Lanes, the Omegas, and everyone else between, especially Neron and his father. What they

either. I couldn’t forgive myself for

your bravery 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

in relief, blinking back his tears. “You sure know how to make

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

avenue in case this alliance falls through the cracks. But, talking to you and finally getting the answers I was seeking is the highlight of this

to know Kwame back then if our lives weren’t so different. We could have become good friends.

to keep you away for long.” I pat my thighs once, hopping on my feet. “But, thank you. Really. For all that you and your family did for me. Give them my

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

see her in person and hug her, but it’s just not possible. I still remember

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

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