Carmine
“Come on, Lucy, fight!!” I yelled, but she just ignored my words as she moved her gaze to Ma’am Lia's.
“Goodbye, Ma’am Lia,” were her final words as she closed her eyes, accepting her fate.
The weight of her ignorance made my heart sting in a million ways; her eyes showed the kind of betrayal she felt at the moment. I felt so stupid. How could I have agreed to such a plan in the first place? Now things seemed to be going the other way round.
My gaze moved to Damien, who stood stuck by my left. I could see the hurt in his eyes seeing Lucy in such a situation, and my mind darted back to why I agreed in the first place. His glassy eyes, as he pleaded with me to let him do this, made me realize this was the only way I could repay him for his several years of loyalty to me.
He was
