NovelReadingNyx's words keep playing in my mind like a broken record—sharp, bitter, and laced with so much hatred it felt
like they cut right through my soul.
I've tried to make sense of them, but | still can't. She said so little, yet somehow it felt like she revealed
everything. | hated that she couldn't just telleverything | needed to know all at once. Why was she feeding
as an excuse?
The more | thought about it, the more tangled everything became. The only clear takeaway from our
conversation was that both she and Xena knew Kaden—and that Xena and Kaden did something awful to her.
Something that caused her to hate her sister. Something that turned sister against sister.
| fell back in my chair, eyes unfocused, trying to piece it all together. There was something | was missing.
Something crucial. What the hell was it?
Frustrated, | got up and started pacing. My feet moved aimlessly, but my thoughts scattered in every direction. |
stomped like a child, letting out a groan of pure exasperation when, even after minutes of thinking, I still hadn't
found the missing piece.
Eventually, | collapsed into the chair again, head in hands. | closed my eyes and forced a deep breath in— then
out—before opening them again.
Needing a distraction, | grabbed a book, hoping it would help reset my thoughts, maybe even leadto
something useful.
I don't know how long | sat there flipping pages. But eventually, | shoved the book away in disgust. Nothing. No
answers. Not even a hint to pointin the right direction.
I leaned back in the chair, staring at the ceiling as if the answers might suddenly appear there. Silence pressed
in from all sides, thick and heavy. | hated this feeling—this helpless circling around a truth that always stayed
just out of reach.
Maybe | was being played. Maybe Nyx was just messing with me, dangling half-truths and cryptic warnings
because she could. Or maybe... maybe she was right. Maybe | wasn't ready.
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through-then when would | be?
| closed my eyes again, but this t| wasn't trying to breathe or center myself. | was reaching-mentally clawing
through every memory, every word, every silence. Nyx had said something. Something about betrayal. About
being abandoned. And she spoke Kaden's nwith venom, but Xena's with something colder. Emptier.
Like the hate had burned itself out and left only ash.
And then it hit me. Not a full picture, but a crack in the frame-something terrible must have happened between
the three of them. Something that twisted their loyalties and buried their love under layers of guilt, rage, and
silence.
| sat up straighter, heart pounding now-not with fear, but with the edge of understanding. | still didn't have the
full truth, but I was close. Closer than before.
Nyx didn't want to feedcrumbs. Maybe she wantedto dig.
To find the truth, not be handed it.
With renewed energy, | grabbed my notebook and started scribbling. Names, timelines, events-everything |
could remember. | didn't care if the pieces didn't fit yet. | just needed them all on the table.
Because Nyx was right about one thing.
This wasn't just aboutanymore.
It never had been
“Nyx?" | called out to her, knowing her mental shields were likely still up-but hoping, just maybe, she'd hear
me.
Silence answered.
I sighed, the sound leaving my lips like the weight of everything I couldn't carry anymore. Her shields were
strong-too strong-1 couldn't even feel her. But | didn't push. She deserved that space. Whatever had happened to
her... it couldn't have been easy.
As | sat there, letting the silence stretch, a thought struck me: maybe | was going about this all wrong. Instead of
pushing her for answers, maybe | needed to just be there. Nyx had been there forin ways no one else ever
had-ways | could never fully express.
She saw me. She understood me.
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And | could feel it—her pain. Her heartbreak. It wasn't old. It was still fresh. Still bleeding.
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