Thorns Of Seduction
“I came here because… I realized something. That maybe, all this time, I kept chasing pain instead of peace.”
Napatingin si Cressida sa kanya, at bahagyang kinagat ang labi. “Peace, Arc, doesn’t come when you force things to happen.”
“I know,” tumango ito. “But I’m not here to force anything. I just want to be honest this time.”
Tinitigan niya ito, naghihintay.
“I spent months fixing myself,” sabi ni Arcturus. “Stopped drinking, stopped smoking, started training again. I wanted to be someone who could face you without regrets. And now that I finally can… I realized something else.”
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