Chapter 576. Never Mine

Lexcis Aeden Revia

I'd hide in the closet, in the dark hallways, in the rooms I hoped he would overlook. He always found me.

But in the moments he was looking the castle would be quiet.

Sometimes you'd hear cries.

Not mine.

Never mine.

My mother would cry. Beg him not to hurt me.

He'd hurt me worse when she cried.

He'd even start hurting her.

That's why I stopped running when he wanted to punish me. I walked up to him and took whatever he gave me.

It's the reason I'm here right now.

Because if I don't own up to my punishment, he'll hurt her.

When I was young I couldn't protect the ones I loved. Looking back now, I don't blame myself. But if I fail now, it won't be because I am a helpless child. It'll be because I'm a horrible and stupid man.

I won't let him hurt her.

"Quicker than I had anticipated." I hear his disgu