Traitor [[ON HOLD]]

Kefálaio Dódeka - 12

| Alice's POV |

TINY RECAP: Alice and Alek are in the journey to find Hades to bring Alice's sister back. During their trip Alek's tells Alice that he doesn't want to be with her anymore, and now makes their relationship awkward. 

"Are you serious?" Alek exclaimed.

I sighed and looked at the road in front of us. I could see the grand portals. Alek couldn't see it, however. His human eyes were just too vulnerable frail for him to notice the dark doors. 

But meeting Hades for the first time in a long time was the far away from my wandering thoughts. Instead I recalled my mother in her enormous room, crying her heart out once she realized what she'd done. She huddled in the floor with her knees tucked below her. Her hands were hiding her face, her hair making  curtain to mask her wretched self. 

The door was ajar and I silently watched as my father tried to comfort her . His large hands were rubbing her back and he was whispering soothing words near her ear. As a child, I couldn't help but feel resentful to the person who made my mother cried. 

"What did she do?" Alek whispered. I glanced at his ocean blue eyes before staring straight ahead.

"You know Alek? I had a perfect life." I turned to look at him, so he could see how serious I was. And how much it fucking hurt every time I talked about it. "I couldn't ask for a more impeccable and ideal life because I already had it."

Just remembering my mother sweet laughter and my father's bright grin with pride in his eyes as both watched their fourteen children play in the massive garden we had in our backyard was enough to start a mental break down. Just the thinking how great my life was, and now it's. . . gone. 

"I had my two parents who loved us, my brothers and sisters, a huge castle, many friends across the world, and a country who adored us. We were rich but we never flaunt it, we had manners and we were very great people. We became idols. We were everything. 

"But it was soon gone. One day everything turned upside down. There was despair and misery. Tears and heartbreaks. I guess that's the what hurts the very most. I was accustomed to a perfect world but one day it was snatched away from your fingers. It was so unexpected and you know what Alek? It was all my fault!"

The tears were rolling down my cheeks and I angrily dried my face with my fist. I was tired of crying like a little baby. Alek looked at me with sympathy in his eyes and I quickly turned away. I knew if I kept looking at him, I would end up tackling him in the ground begging him to take me back. 

He left you!

I know. 

You're so weak and pitiful.

I glanced at Alek through my eyelashes and I noticed his jaw clenched and his hands turned into fist. I stiffen in surprise. What was he holding back?

His eyes met mine and I saw the anger hidden behind his blue orbs. "It wasn't your fault. I know it isn't your fault."

And the way he said it, I almost believed it. For a moment, I allowed myself to believe that maybe it wasn't entirely my fault. I stood there like a statue, trying to process what he said and what really happened. A hot breezed swayed in our direction and carried my silver hair in the direction it is going. I barely felt it, though, because I was paralyzed as Alek's words dawned in me. 

Was it my fault? 

It seemed like hours have passed as we interlocked gazes, none of us wanted to be the first to look away.