#CHAPTER 63: Forgiveness

FELIX Mila’s breath caught in her throat as I said those words. “I love you,” I said again, hoping to drive the point home as much as possible. “You don’t mean that,” she said softly, but even I knew that she was simply trying to convince herself as much as me. “You don’t have to say that.” “I do,” I told her. “I love you more than the sun and moon and stars and it breaks my heart that I will never be able to make you see that. I would go to the corners of the earth for you, Mila. I never want to lose you again.” Mila sank down onto her bed. It was only in that moment that I realized it was not a bed at all, rather, a large chair that she was being forced to sleep in. I made a mental note to have a stern conversation with Mila’s adoptive family later. “I was really hurt when I learned that you had lied to me,” she whispered. “I get that you had to keep everything with the dragons a secret, but I thought that we could be honest with each other. It fel