CHAPTER 16: "THE TRUTH BEHIND THE REJECTION"
Kael finally confessed.
"I rejected you… to protect you.
Lyla froze.
"There was a prophecy," he continued.
"If I accepted you then… you would have been killed.
Silence.
Pain.
Confusion.
"You broke me… to save me?" she whispered.
Kael nodded.
And for the first time… he looked human.