Chapter 38

Taking a seat beside me, Leo begins to eat his meal as well, our time spent in the kitchen silent as I try and recall the moments I had with Penelope. She was always speaking with a sharp and witty tongue, willing to give the honest truth and not keep you from it. "The things I did, Lyra, how I told you my darkest past was behind me when we were together, I was telling the truth," Leo disrupts the silence with his words. "The version of me which Lillian influenced was dark, I was bitter and gave no one respect. I would hold meetings in the palace and rule them with an iron fist rather than listen to others, I used others, I told my kingdom that rogues were disgusting, and I never gave anyone mercy. When I met you, I had begun to change...I was willing to listen to others, I gave others respect, and I was willing to give mercy to those who were put on trail before me rather than have them executed. "Meeting you was a great influence on me. You made me see more