“I’m glad you at least have the decency to admit that.” She poked at him with her words. Zala was hurting. She knew that fear wasn’t something that you could explain.
But how could he?
“You should have told me.” She spoke quietly, “You should have told me all this when we met again. I wouldn’t have minded it at all.”
Orpheus took a tentative step towards her, relieved she didn’t flinch this time, “You would have been okay with it. But I wouldn’t have. And I’m so sorry, princess. It’s been haunting me for so long.”
“Well, apparently, it didn’t haunt you long enough.” She hissed, holding his gaze. And she found herself faltering. He looked at her as if she held the moon. But, It was all those sleepless nights she had that made her unwilling to let it go just like that. All that time sh
