The truth could hurt him, but lies had hurt him even more.

The trauma, the grieving had never stopped until he had been forced to face his own mistakes through the eyes of the others. She couldn’t let him start his life anew based on a convenient lie.

It was time to come clean with Lith, even if that meant destroying their relationship. Every day she hid the truth had been torture for Solus, but she endured it because she cared too much for him.

She was even willing to bear his grudge if it meant for Lith to change for the better.

‘Lith, do you trust me?’ She asked.

‘I’d trust you with my life. Beside Protector, you are my only true friend. Despite witnessing every single and most despicable flaw of mine, you have always accepted me for who I am. I wouldn’t be the person I am now without you, Solus.’ He replied.

‘Then I hope that one day you’ll forgive me.’   ‘Forgive you for what?’ Lith had yet to complete his question when Solus projected in his mind everything that had happened after he had lost consciousness. How Protector had survived, his last words for Lith, and his plea to Solus to keep it a secret.