Chapter 145

ARIEL’s POV

While the whole camp continued to give loud cheers of joy and happiness, Melvin moved closer to where I was.

“You are better than me,” he said, leaning close to me so he could whisper into my ears, “If not for you, she would have died for sure and justice wouldn’t have been tempered with mercy.”

I immediately knew he was referring to how he almost killed Resha earlier. I was grateful to the goddess for this too.

Getting there on time; Stopping Melvin; It was all the goddess.

Because if there was anything I wanted, to be the order of the day in my regime, it was the end of the cycle of violence. I strongly believed that there was always a choice and another way out rather than simply just blood and death.

I held in high esteem our ability to be able to forgive and learn to forgive the unforgivable. It was what we mostly needed right at that point to heal all our people and to bring about unity.

I wrapped my arm around Melvin’s neck and pulled him closer to me so I could wh