Joshua:
I had made a mistake when, after coming back from the North, I watched Suki leave for Yorick’s home.
I wish I had done something to stop her, but there was no other way. She was Oriana in everyone’s eyes, and she had to leave.
The next thing I did was call my trusted men to let them know we had to find a way to return home.
I called my father and told him that the academy was shutting down and everything related to it. I was certain it would happen.
My father was hopeful. He was happy that I was returning. Little did he know that I was coming back with Suki.
"Oh, come on, Joshua. I have a beautiful girl in mind for you. You will like her as your mate. Trust me," my father said on the call, insisting nonstop.
"How many times do I have to tell you that I do not want to marry the woman you have in your mind?" I grunted at my father.
"Then what? You are going to die thinking about that Suki. She was just a beta," he continued.
I took a deep breath as he spoke and then decided that I needed to tell my father the truth.
"Would it be okay if the woman I choose is the rightful heir of an alpha’s pack, but she has a stepbrother who is sitting on the throne even when he does not deserve it?" I asked, and my father’s tone changed on the other side.
"Well, if he does not deserve it, then you can challenge him. You are a crusader. You will win," my father replied hopefully, and I nodded to myself.
"Well then, let me tell you the truth. Suki is alive. We sacrificed Oriana in the north, and we let Suki live in her body," I continued before my father could say anything.
I heard someone gasp from behind me.
I turned around and was shocked to see Mira standing there, watching me with her eyes wide open.
"I need to call you later, Dad," I stated, slowly lowering my phone while looking deep into Mira’s eyes and making sure she was not moving.
"I was here to ask— if you have packed your bags so that we— can leave," she stammered.
The hesitation in her voice and the anxiety in her expression proved that she had heard it all.
In that moment, something wild took over me.
The minute she turned around to rush away, I lunged after her.
"Help," she tried to cry out, but before she could even finish the word, I attacked her from behind with the silver knife in my pocket.
The chaos at the academy had shifted everyone’s attention so much that nobody cared anymore who had a weapon and who did not.
The next thing I knew, I was stabbing her from the back repeatedly.
And then I pulled away from her.
That day, I had to quickly take a shower and come out to the others as if I had not done anything.
I watched them cry and mourn her.
For some reason, I did not feel guilty.
If the headmaster and so many others could kill innocent youngsters, lurkers, and crusaders, then I was not at fault for killing one person either.
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