Cessilia stepped forward, and despite the distance between them, Jisel stepped back, scared. Something felt off, as if she was suddenly faced with a completely different person. Someone that was not human.
"...You were right," she said with a strangely calm, almost mesmerizing voice. "I am done being a coward. ...I am done being sorry, and afraid."
She looked down at her sword, frowning.
"There is some truth in what you said. I was always... dependent on Ashen's love. Not because I didn't truly love him, but because I could hide behind that, to excuse what had happened to Cece."
Cessilia's heart ached painfully, at the mention of her deceased dragon. Yet, she took a deep breath in. She had enough of resisting this pain. She didn't even try to hold back her tears.
"...It was all m
