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But for once in his life, he didn’t know how to prove the truth.
Chapter Fourteen
IDON’T REMEMBER LEAVINGL’Alliance.
One moment I’m standing in that corridor, staring at Hexius on his knees with guards holding him back, his golden eyes burning into mine as he shouts words I can’t let myself believe.
The next moment I’m...somewhere else.
Walking.
My feet are moving, but I don’t remember telling them to.
Left, right, left, right.
The rhythm is automatic, like my body knows I need to keep moving or I’ll collapse right here on the...the...oh, stars,I don’t even know where I am now.
I blink, trying to focus through the tears that won’t stop falling. The building behind me is...oh, right.
I’m outsideL’Alliance.
In the parking lot.
The back one, I think, because there aren’t many cars and the lighting is dimmer than the main entrance.
How did I get here?
I don’t...I can’t...
“If you really love me, why can’t you still read my mind?”
The memory of my own voice asking that question makes me stumble, and I have to grab onto a concrete pillar to stay upright. My legs are shaking. Everything is shaking. Or maybe it’s just me, trembling so hard I can’t tell where I end and the world begins.
Hexius says he loves me.
Loud enough for both humans and preters to hear.
