Chapter 26: War Part 17- Unforgivable sin
'Damn it, why is she right here!?' Lucy's thoughts screamed as he stood frozen outside Alias's medical tent.
Seraphine stood just a few steps away, her piercing blue eyes locked onto his pale ones. The intensity of her gaze made him flush, though not from affection—not anymore.
She twirled a strand of silver hair between her fingers as she spoke in that familiar melodic voice.
"Lucy, could you accompany me to my tent?"
He blinked, snapping out of the daze. That voice—it used to comfort him. Now it brought nothing but memories of the slaughtered innocent.
Rage brewed in his gut, rising like magma, barely contained.
His brows furrowed into a deep V, casting dark shadows over eyes that burned with barely concealed fury. His jaw clenched until his teeth ached, a muscle twitching in his cheek. His lips were drawn thin and nearly colorless. He looked like a man one word away from erupting.
'Does she think I want to see her right now? After everything she did?'
Lucy's fists clenched at his sides, ready to unleash all the venom he'd kept bottled inside.
But before he could speak, Seraphine's voice softened.
"I would like a chance to explain myself."