Chapter 138 – Complicated feelings
Inside the training ground, both Cassius and Isolde sat on the floor cross-legged, facing each other.
Isolde was doing the talking, explaining everything that had happened between Anesthesia and her, doing her best to tell it accurately.
But she had to admit it was exceedingly difficult.
She couldn't count how many times throughout the telling she had softened certain aspects of the events — mainly those concerning herself — in order to appear less horrendous and hypocritical in front of Cassius.
It was instinctive. As if her mind and heart were trying to protect themselves — not by lying in the truest sense, but by staying close enough to the truth for it to pass as truth.
Isolde didn't even fully understand why she was doing it.
She, more than anyone in this world, understood how much Cassius loved her and how far he was willing to go for her.
