The Day She Took Her Revenge [Part 2]
They had to confront it with their own hands.
Only then could they finally turn around and leave it behind.
Rias lowered her eyes.
She didn't argue with Leon.
There was nothing she could say.
Maybe he was right.
Maybe this was something only Selena could resolve.
Rias had spent so long wanting to protect the people she cared about that sometimes she forgot there were wounds no one else could heal. Some battles couldn't be fought for another person. No matter how much you cared. No matter how badly you wanted to help.
Leon slowly exhaled.
The breath left his lungs in a quiet sigh, almost as though he were finally letting go of a weight he had been carrying for years.
Then he lifted his head.
His eyes drifted toward the sky.
The clouds above the battlefield were beginning to break apart.
The violent storm that had swallowed the heavens earlier was finally losing its fury.
Thunder rolled somewhere in the distance.
It was faint now.
