Chapter 566. Guard Battle

Chantel Aeden Revia

I take a few deep breaths and ignore the look on her face. Instead, I look at Lexcis, "I'm sorry. I can't do it. I didn't expect her to be nice, I get that she's traumatized and hardened but I can't take this. I'm sorry, Lexcis."

"I'm hardened?" She questions.

"Well, you're not quite soft, are you?"

"So what, I'm a hard-boiled egg?"

I roll my eyes, annoyed at the somewhat playful tone in her voice, "Yeah, exactly."

Then she surprises us when she laughs at that. She seriously laughs. A loud and somewhat husky laugh.

"You're not my daughter but you're funny."

Tears spring in my eyes when she keeps saying that. I wouldn't mind her not accepting me because I'm mean or because I'm annoying. But she's not accepting it because she thinks I died. Because she believes her daughter couldn'