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CHAPTER 238: RECKONING 2

Penulis: Lizzy Fash
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HAILEY

"What on earth do you know about sacrifice?"

I didn't look at Lilith immediately, nor did I care to read her expression as she repeatedly pleaded. Cried. Rationalised.

Now, she would listen.

"You always mistake my silence for softness, Lilith," I said quietly as I lowered myself before her. My gown rustled like silk thunder. My voice did not rise; it did not need to. "You forget that mercy is a choice. And I am running out of it. As it is, I am completely over it. You had your chance, and so did you."

Her eyes brimmed with confusion and remnants of rage, but she remained quiet. Good.

"Do you want to know what I have sacrificed to keep this realm breathing?"

She didn't answer.

I leaned forward. "I gave up my sons. Not for days. Not for months. For eighteen years. I couldn’t even nurse my daughter; I handed them over to strangers. Watched them disappear into the dark on the word of a seer who told me that was the only way they would live. I didn't get to see their first s
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