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2024-10-29 19:42:56Chapter 27 - Value
Apollo
I couldn't help but feel responsible for all of this. And honestly, it was my fault. So the feeling wasn't entirely wrong. If I had never done any of this, then maybe I would have had a little more time with Ilaria. I would have worked my way up the ranks and met Nesrin differently. We would never have come to this horrible place, and she would still be her kind, loving self, free from the horrors of this world that would now haunt her nightmares.
I understood why she avoided me all night. Why she hadn't said more than a couple of words to me this morning, I deserved her hatred. And I knew this would come, the hatred the resentment, but I didn't expect it to bother me so much.
I gritted my teeth as I turned my focus towards the straps on my saddle. The Nightrider I was given huffed impatiently as it waited for me to fi
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