Chapter 92

ARIA

Fight for yourself.

One last time.

Follow the beam of light…

…and defeat the shadows.

I averted my gaze, blinking the stupid tears that had started to fill my eyes. His words ring in me, his gaze is still on me, unravelling me, unsettling me.

It’s easy to talk.

What’s difficult, huh? Just use your tongue, blurt out a few words and there, you’ve done it.

It’s difficult to do something.

Fight.

I scoffed internally.

My life revolved around that word. The word was the sun and I was the Earth. It used to give me life, it was the only thing I had.

Now?

The sun was dying. Or maybe it had died.

The coldness. The darkness.

I kept struggling, kept trying for what? A thing that was already dead.

“Aria.” His voice spoke of the despair his eyes were reflecting.

I met his eyes for a second before I jumped on my feet, stepping away from him. His eyes were wounded, like face crumpled like a small puppy.

“Angel, you said?” I murmured, my gaze trained on him, “You came to help m