Chapter 5: Unforgiven

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Zephire's POV

Despite the near-death experience at the pool, Zephany still mad at me, As we entered our fourth year of high school, the tension between us sisters was still palpable.

As we both walked home from school together, the silence between us was deafening. I had been trying to reach out to her and make things right, but Zephany was still angry and refused to talk to me.

I finally broke the silence. "Zephany, can we talk about what's been going on? I know you're angry with me, but I want to understand why," I said softly.

Zephany sighed. "It's not like you don't know why, Zephire. You know I hate you because of what happened between you and  Caelix," she replied coldly.

I nodded. "I know that's part of it, but I didn't mean to come between you two. I had feelings for him, and I didn't know how to deal with them. You know I distance myself, it's been years. I'm sorry," I said, my voice pleading.

Zephany shook her head. "I know you're sorry, Zephire. But that doesn't change anything. Caelix's attention was always on you, even though you didn't do anything. Lets just say you distance yourself but why does he always approach you and that made me angry and jealous, and I can't just let it go," she said, her voice rising.

I looked down at my feet, feeling guilty. "I understand why you're angry, Zephany. But I wish you could forgive me and move on. We're sisters, and we should be there for each other," I said, my voice softening.

Zephany shook her head again. "I can't just forgive and forget, Zephire. My anger and jealousy have consumed me, and I can't let them go. I don't know if I'll ever be able to forgive you," she said, her voice full of bitterness.

I felt a pang of sadness in my heart. I knew how much my sister's anger was hurting her, but I didn't know what else to do. "I understand, Zephany. I'll keep trying to make things right between us, but I won't force you to forgive me. I just hope that someday you'll be able to let go of your anger and we can be sisters again," I said, my voice full of emotion.

Zephany just roll her eyes, but her expression remained cold and unforgiving. The two of us continued walking home in silence, knowing that our relationship was still strained and uncertain.

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