Chapter 113: Echoes Of The Past

XENOIS

"I love you too," Lumina's voice came through softly, and for a moment, hope rose in my chest like the sun rays were breaking through storm clouds.

But then she continued, and each word felt like a knife stab in my guts and it was being twisted.

"But Xenois, I can't keep doing this. The back and forth between us, the uncertainty, the pain... it's destroying all of us. Maybe we need time to really think about what we want, whether what we have is really worth fighting for or if we should consider... a mate rejection."

"No," I said immediately, my voice...