Chapter 191

Devlin's POV

My whole body shook violently when I heard those words from Tristan. The whole place was so quiet and it was the same thing within the tunnels.

I had remained here after my conversation with Lyra. I took her advice, trying to regulate the emotions I was feeling, trying to believe that there was another reason why my mother had been acting the very unusual way she was acting.

I had thought I was the bad person for suspecting her.

My own mother, I had thought she was an actual murderer, thought that she had killed people in cold blood just because of some land.

However, after listening to her confession, I realized I had been correct about her, I wanted to laugh.

And I did.

I laughed so hard that my voice echoed all around me like a wet blanket, bringing more harm to my heart than good.

Fuck!

I wonder how Lyra was feeling, how heartbroken she must've been when she heard my mother was the monster I thought she was.

Lyra must've been devastated.

And I was right.

And Lyra had