Novel & Cerita Lia's Redemption

“Then I’ll start tomorrow.” I stepped off the porch and began walking toward the gathering hall. The moon followed my steps, pale and watching. “You know,” I said without turning, “if you ever truly want redemption, Kian… it starts with silence. With listening.” Behind me, I heard him say nothing. Good. I didn’t need promises anymore. I needed proof. --- By the time I reached the hall, I found Alpha Vaughn speaking with Mira, the healer’s daughter. She was dusted in ash, her apron stained with blood that didn’t belong to her. Her eyes were hollow. We’d all lost something in this war.

Lucas looked at Lia faintly. He had taken a liking to Lia's short temper. She was just like a red chilly on top of a huge mountain; she also seemed like a huge rock at the bottom of a river. "Me?" Lia had not expected that coming. She looked at Lucas, astonished. "Lia. Just do what senior has asked you to do," said Frankster to Lia. Naturally, Lia was not willing to do so. However, she had heard the conversation between her grandfather and Lucas. The former had said that Lucas had rescued Western Base City. She was unsure of it. 'Lucas is able to rescue Western Base City?'

Her betrayal had been a cover, a desperate bid to infiltrate the Syndicate, and now she was here, risking everything to save us. I froze, trust warring with doubt, but Liam’s hand squeezed mine, his love grounding me. “She’s with us,” he said, his voice firm, and I nodded, the weight of Claire’s redemption heavy but real. Vanessa’s eyes widened, her own loyalty mirrored in Claire’s, a fragile alliance forged in the chaos.

Her cries echoed. “Isla, Genelia had a terminal illness! It has nothing to do with evil and goodness. You did good things to equate to your evil deeds! And Jesus is watching your redemption!” Liam tried to convince her. “Before he punishes me in the cruelest way, I’ll punish myself!” Isla said, and Liam’s heart picked race. He rises to his feet in a snap. “Yes, Liam, this is best. I should jump!” She said in a determined voice. “I’m sorry, Liam! You were so good to me, but I failed you!”

We will face whatever challenges lie ahead, united, and with vengeance fuelling our every step. In my eyes, she was nothing but untrustworthy. Lia’s true colors had been revealed, and the mere thought of Ethan and her not rejecting one another made me shudder. Without him, it seemed inevitable that her days were numbered. I refused to aid her in her struggle to survive - someone who could commit such a heinous betrayal. In my mind, redemption was out of the question.

And for the first time in years, he felt something quiet inside him settle not peace, but purpose. Because redemption wasn’t a single act; it was a road. And Liam was finally walking it not backward toward the past, but forward, toward the woman who had taught him what real love looks like: patient, painful, and still willing to try.

Chapter 9: Official student. After the encounter with Larisa, I ran back as fast as I could to reach the academy. There are only a few minutes left before the allotted time is fully consumed. I gripped on the small place in my hands like my life depended on it. I also can’t stop grinning while running. My heart is full of hope and is truly ecstatic because of what happened. Who would have thought that the woman whom I thought as a man and saved from the Cerberus is actually Larisa! I made a great choice.

I could feel the slight shift in his presence, the quiet exhale on the other side of the wall. A tear slid down my cheek before I could stop it. I didn’t even know why I was crying. Maybe it was exhaustion, or relief, or the way that one quiet assurance broke through the walls I’d built around myself for years. For so long, I’d felt unwanted, broken. A Luna stripped of her title, a woman used and forgotten by the Goddess herself. And now… this. A mate I didn’t choose, but who was still out there, standing guard without stepping in.

Olive grabbed my hand and nodded her head. “For being my redemption, I accept you, Aaron. I will be your Luna.”

I frown at him, taking a glance at the exhausted James. “Yes, obviously since the message mentioned the whole block” James explained, standing in between me and Ciara. “Oh, fuck them, always adding unnecessary subjects, not even connected to our course” Ciara curses while pulling out her phone, probably to make another note about it. “The others are already complaining about it, and they said we are supposed to get the new syllabus to Mr. Lee, the ‘Mr. Lee’, Lia” James added, and I turned to him with my eyes wide.