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Chapter 34 ~ Masked lies

Author: Moonchild
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-07-12 22:50:08

Zara

I sat by the Moon garden that moment, rewinding Atlas’s words over and over again.

“Hey.” A voice cut my thoughts short.

I jumped as Alex slid into the seat across from me, tossing her silky hair over her shoulder. Her perfume curled between us. I hated the smell of honey. My chest tightened.

“Atlas is such a bummer,” she said, flicking through her phone, not looking at me. “You shouldn’t let him control you again, you know.”

“Again?” My voice cracked with disbelief, rough from disuse.

Alex set her phone down and finally met my eyes. Hers were bright, almost feverish, and for a flicker of a second, I saw the old Alex.

She inhaled shakily, then her shoulders slumped. “Look, I wanted to apologize…about whatever made you stop talking to me.”

I blinked, the words ringing in my ears like foreign language. Apologize? Now?

“How could you throw away our childhood over something I don’t even know about, Zara?” Her voice broke, lower now, almost vulnerable. She tucked a strand of
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