HIS UNWORTHY MATE
’ I muttered in defeat.
‘He promised, and he doesn’t strike me as one to break his promise.’
‘His promise doesn’t mean shit Levana. When will you see that it doesn’t mean shit? Not since they’ve lost track of our son. He is gone, Zuhair is gone. We lost Lev, we lost our pup, for good.’ My heart squeezed as I broke down completely, I don’t even care if he finds me like this. What was the point anyway?
‘We.’ Lev’s voice cracked as she tried to speak. ‘We can’t lose hope now, we can—we can’t lose him, just like that, it’s...’ She stopped talking as her voice cracked even more, and the pain she tried to hide slowly merged with mine.