Chapter 84: Confronting Demons

Leonardo The silence between me and my brother thickened as the night wore on. We stood on the balcony, dragging on cigarettes, lost in thought. We both knew where we should be—at Nate's place—but instead, we were here, haunted by the choices we made. Choices driven by blind hatred. Choices that pushed our own mate to the brink, to a place where she would see no escape except to end her life. Choices that could never ever be forgiven. We were sinners. But even the word ‘sinner’ would not be enough to express the weight of our actions. I stared at the sky, scattered with stars, but all I could see was the one we lost—our moon—because of our mistakes. Maximus stood beside me, likely lost in the same spiral, unable to tally all the wrongs we committed. But he'd added one more to his burden by reading her letter and still choosing to come here, knowing full well we shouldn't have. That letter, the one I never found the courage to read. I knew it held something that should have stopped us—s