Lies ✺ Kylo Ren

epilogue

FOUR YEARS LATER...

Lomana's younger sister – Leilah – poured three mugs of hot broth for herself, and her two friends; Sukri and Katbrya.

"What happened next?" Sukri asked, her fingers wrapping around her mug.

"Come on, Leilah. Tell us. They met again on the beach like he promised then you left us there. Finish the story." Katbrya smiled, sitting up straighter in her chair with a grin on her face similar to a child awakening on their birthday.

Leilah sighed heavily, sitting down in her chair before taking a sip from her mug. "The sad thing is... My sister and Ben never did meet again on the beach in Arcadia like I had told you, nor did they ever meet after Lo decided to go back to Arcadia. Because Lo died in her sleep several days after she arrived back in Arcadia – someone had put poison in her food and by the time she noticed something was wrong, it was too late. She'd been given a lethal dose of a poison called Malus Domestica, enough to kill twelve men within hours. It basically turns your body against you; your immune system shuts down then one-by-one your organs slowly fail, and once it's entered your blood stream, there's nothing you can do to stop it. The body attacks the poison but it's attacking itself, your own body kills you inevitably. It kills you slowly and painfully, whoever did it is one twisted son of a bitch.

Ben arrived in Arcadia several hours after Lo died, and it killed him inside. She was the only one who truly understood him and she was gone. The real kicker is that he was going to ask her to marry him so he'd be able to leave the dark side behind him and start a new life with Lo, like they'd promised and try to get back what they had in the beginning. Then Lo was going to tell him that she was pregnant – she'd told me first but I promised not to say until she said she was sure. Just like his grandfather before him; the only ones they loved the most had been taken away from them."

"Do you know who killed her?" Sukri whispered, tears slowly and silently making their way down her dark cheeks.

"No... probably someone from The First Order who didn't want Ben to stray away from the dark side. They took away the only distraction he had; a girl he'd loved for years. They probably put it down as a suicide, but I know the truth. Lo wouldn't kill herself, she knew Ben was abusive to her but she knew there was still light inside of him. She just needed to wait for that light to come back, so she did."

Leilah stopped after that, the grip on her mug tightened as she fought back tears, every time she spoke about what happened to her sister, she'd cry and it was almost impossible to stop. Forcing back her tears, she forced herself to speak. "I was there at her funeral, Ben was too along with his sister Carmelle, but I remember Ben got out her necklace and placed it around her neck then got out her promise ring along with an engagement and wedding ring – if she was going into the ground, he wanted her to be his. Funny thing is, he wore his own wedding ring after that day, under his gloves of course, but still wore one.

I never saw him again after that, not that I'd really want to. Ben was Lo's boy, and being her baby sister – I didn't want to interfere with that. I saw Carmelle once, though, but that was about it. But I don't mind it too much, to be honest, I'd rather distance myself from everyone like that – reminds me too much of Lo, even when I miss her every damn day – it's just not fair what happened to her and I'll never forgive who did that to her; never as long as I live."