Maelis

‘Wait, was he… crying?’ Rosa’s voice was full of shock. ‘Seriously, what kind of ridiculous soap opera drama is this?’

‘I don't care,’ I hissed back in my mind.

He is crying for Selene. For the life he threw away with his own hands. So yes, he deserves every bit of this suffering because the woman he's shedding those pathetic tears for is dead.

I took slow steps toward him. My heels made a quiet, sharp tap, tap on the cold stone floor. I stopped just before I could reach him, letting the heavy, silent air of the rooftop completely soak up his shame. “I don't really know that...