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The Lullaby

Author: Monellawrites
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Kol

I found the car’s quietness to be a little boring.

Sitting beside the driver, Liam was quiet as the car rolled down the street. At the back, next to me, was Aria. She was rested with her hands folded comfortably on her lap. Even though she looked relaxed and uninterested, her eyes kept following the trees outside.

I was able to see everything she did from the corner of my eye. She hadn’t commented much on anything we did after we left the estate.

Maybe that was normal. Maybe it wasn’t. I hated how unsure I’d become. Still, I needed to say something. I couldn’t let this silence linger.

“So,” I said, clearing my throat. “You never answered the one thing I asked.”

She turned toward me slowly. “Kol I—“

“Why?” I asked. “Why did you try to kill me?”

There was a pause, one beat too long.

“I…” she started, then looked away again. “I was confused. I was angry. I thought you were someone else—someone who’d hurt my sister. I thought you were the villain in all of this.”

Her voice was softer
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