Chapter 77. Realization

Sebastian

Six Months Ago

[Continuation of the flashback]

Being free—yes, being free was all that I wanted and today I have sent away the only person who had the power to cage me. That was not the only thing I did—I made sure to break her in every possible way I could, in a way she would never be whole all by herself again.

What did I even leave? I put her through every worst nightmare this world could have; And for what? Only because she wanted to heal me. She wanted to get me back to a life I thought did not have any meaning left in it.

Hell, I could just keep going and put all the injustices I did to her on the table and unfortunately, the list wouldn’t end.

And as I looked at myself in the mirror I could see none but a monster—just like Athena said.

Her tear-stained face, and eyes that held the pain altogether to not give away what had gone in her mind full of chaos and thoughts, were haunting me and each time they’d stab de