Chapter 39. Tales of the Young One

Kaltain

Leiya POV

I stared at him in utter disbelief.

“You what?” I breathed, almost inaudibly.

He turned away from me to stare outside the window. For a minute, he was silent, supposedly composing his thoughts.

“I couldn't bear to see her suffer at the hands of my father.” he began.

“One night, after he beat her terribly, she dragged herself to my room.”

I wanted to feel pity for him, but I wasn't sure he deserved it yet.

“She cried to me that night. Her beautiful face was bruised all over from his stomping and kicking.”

Instead, I felt pity for his mother. The stunningly beautiful woman lived a very unattractive and unhappy life.