A tear trickled down my cheek as I admitted it. Never would I have thought that a situation would ever arise that I would have to betray my sister but she had done it first by trying to kill me.
“Will you testify at court against her?” asked Cyrus.
I mulled this question over for a while. Having mentioned her name to Cyrus already I had little choice on the matter.
“I will.”
“You have chosen rightly,” said Cyrus and with that he left.
Only Theo remained and I wondered if there was anything more that he wanted from me.
“What are your plans after here?” he asked me.
“I do not know. Without my father's support I find that I can achieve very little,” I returned.
Strangely enough, I felt a lot better.
I was no longer in as much pain as I had been when they had entered.
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