Chapter 5

Killian had taken his time coming to terms with what I had just said. He hardly showed any emotions, a fact that I had noticed in the brief moment we were here. He was very good at covering up his intentions, hiding his thoughts through calm banter, a smirk, and a chuckle here and there. He was good at not relinquishing power and not letting anyone see past his mask.

He was astonishing.

This is the point of no return. I could not take back what I had just said the same way I could not take back the air I had just inhaled. It was done, I had shown myself to him, stood there with the naked truth, nowhere to run, no false pretense, just the truth. My life had never been a bed of roses. I had nothing to my name, I was an odd child growing up. I have no friends. My life is tragic, really, but a life is a life, and no matter how much I wish upon a star, I cannot change the past.

Genesis, you're getting ahead of yourself.

My thoughts preyed on me, feasting on m