Chapter 28. Devilry

AURELIA

“Why are you so heartbroken that all you wish to do is kill?” I added and noticed him swallow hard and freeze momentarily. Perhaps he was not expecting me to have observed these things.

“You must have loved her so damn much…”

“It is not love,” he cut me off harshly, but I could see that he was fighting back his tears.

“Commander Xerxes, in my clan, one of the prevalent teachings every adult had is that one does not find love or fight for it. In its time, it finds one. I suspect you have fought for love for so long that you do not recognize yourself anymore.”

“I only fight for glory, barbarian.”

“And yet, every day, you are tortured by the heartbreak from a love that was never reciprocated.”

“You do not know that!” He gritted his teeth in protest. But I raised my brows in response, my face fading into plain seriousness.

“Lord Commander, everyone knows,” I replied, and his chin gradually raised, his lips folded in self-righteous