𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬

Chapter 27

As I rested my head on Weiss' shoulder, I couldn't help but smile. The two of us spent the first few minutes just hugging each other on Vaye's couch. Although she would occasionally punch my arm, and I would retaliate by pinching her arm as well. Besides the playful attempts at annoying the other, it was a moment I'll never forget. Weiss and I.. we didn't really have the time to hang out with each other anymore. She was the queen of our people, our kingdom, and I was the princess, we each had our own duties and responsibilities. Not only that, she had her mate with her, and I had mine, it just got harder to make time for each other.

Even though I was genuinely scared of Weiss' wrath earlier, I kind of feel silly now. Weiss has never hated me nor has she ever went against me, whether she liked it or not, she'd always side with me. Perhaps I was only afraid of what she'd do to my mates.

"Willow.. I'm worried about you." I heard her mumble.

I hummed, "Why is that?"

She sighed, "I feel you've changed so much, I can hardly keep track anymore."

"Is change always such a bad thing?" I asked as I looked at her. Weiss was staring straight ahead with a frown on her face. I didn't like seeing her with a sad look, thus I poked her cheek, making her smile. Weiss may be emotionless with other people, but with Sapphire and I, she wouldn't be as stoic as she usually was.

"I'm not quite sure."

She then looked at me and held my hand, intertwining our fingers as she stated, "I'm worried those two will only break you more than love you."

"I've seen you succumb to your depression, I've seen you cry yourself to sleep at night, I've seen you break yourself before, and I've seen your lifeless eyes in more than one occasion. However, when you were young and the topic of mates was the least of your worries, you were thriving. You were smiling brighter than the sun, and you were livelier than any rainbow, you were the happiest in our family."

"But your mates.. they've taken that away from you and you can't say otherwise because they truly have. When I saw you mindlessly walking through that forest, and absentmindedly crying, I knew I had to kill your mates. If only you rejected them.. I would've done it in an instant, without a doubt."

As soon as Weiss finished talking, I was speechless. It had been made obvious from the start that Weiss never liked Gaia nor Mallory, and I wasn't surprised by everything she told me, but I couldn't say anything back. Perhaps it was because I didn't know what to think. I was aware of everything she told me, I wasn't that blind, I knew just how much Gaia and Mallory hurt me. But from what I've seen so far, they truly were starting to change for the better.. and I was genuinely starting to forgive them.

"Willow, I will be honest with you, I'm not convinced those mates of yours are worth it." Weiss said, as she gently squeezed my hand.

Her tone was soft, delicate, and light, as if she was scared I'd blow off and start to yell at her. It seemed that Weiss felt that I would get angry at what she said, but that was unlikely. I squeezed Weiss' hand back and smiled at her, "You need not worry, my dearest sister. I've made a promise to myself that should any heartbreak befall me, I'll leave without any hesitation."

Weiss genuinely looked surprised at what I said, "Is that true? Do you really intend to keep that promise?"

"Of course, I do. If those two will not protect me, then I've no choice but to protect myself." I stated as I let go of Weiss' hand and stood up, stretching.

Weiss mimicked my actions and stood up as well, "Well.. it seems that my intervention was not needed after all. I'm sorry, Wil-"

"No, you don't have to apologize, Weiss. I know you're just looking out for me. Had Sapphire mistreated you, I would've done the same, but we both know that idiot worships you too much to do that." I stated, chuckling as Weiss rolled her eyes at me.