*Delilah*
My voice turned colder. “So she forgave you for what you did in Shadowood? The ones you killed? The ones you didn’t?”
He didn’t answer.
I stepped back. “You don’t need her forgiveness. You need someone who can walk beside you through the fire. That’s me.”
He said nothing.
I gave him a moment. Then added, “I’m ready whenever you are. I won’t wait forever.”
I turned and walked toward the door. His voice followed me.
“Did my mother really tell you to say all this?”
I paused, hand on the handle. “She didn’t need to. She just stopped standing in the way.”
And then I left.
Later that night, I met Luna Vivian again.
She was standing by the glass balcony, looking down at the training yard.
“You went to him,” she said.
“Yes.”
“And?”
“He didn’t say yes. But he didn’t say no
