Chapter 36

Ronika

"What!" Nana and the luna shouted at the same time, while Quinlan just stood, face blank, eyes looking right into my watery ones. It was the hardest thing I had ever done in my life, and yet it felt right. I clutched the left part of my chest, grunting at the squeezing pain that intensified by the second.

"You will n-ot ki-ll h-im because of m-e," I stammered, wincing in between the utterances. I went inside the house, ignoring the women's protests as they called me back. It felt like my chest was being ripped in two in a slow manner that guaranteed pain. With the fastest pace I could master, I went up to my room, my vision blurry.

'You're doing the right thing,' I whispered to myself as I closed the door. It felt like deja vu as I plopped on the bed face first and just let everything out. My body felt so weak all of a sudden, while my hands began to shake. A sweat broke right below my hairline while I let out an ugly scream.

I hoped that with time, Quinlan would forgive me. De