Revealed (Book 2)

1- ||Broken Promises, Broken Memories||

||Iya's P.O.V

"H-hey are you alright, Ina?" Zallia asks me holding my shoulder as I weep.

I look at her wiping my tears still kneeling, I nod in response to her. I try to smile away the tears.

"...You remember something, don't you....?" Aliyah asks me as she helps me get up.

My eyes widen as she gives me a serious yet concerned look. How could she know this? I mean, I had a mental breakdown yes.... But I never mumbled or stated anything about memories.

"K-kinda...?" I reply to her.

"A lot of people had mental breakdowns back on Earth because of a certain murderer *cough* *cough*" Shaine says as she glares at the unconscious killer.

I start to laugh to lighten the mood. "I just remembered something that isn't important"

Everyone spreads and chills around the boat. While I get lost with theories about the odd memory I had.

Am I actually this person that I saw?

Was this reality?

Is everyone the same?

Did we have a past life?

I didn't know the truth but my mind is flooded with theories that I'll probably never know the answer to.

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||Xai's P.O.V

The castle has been awfully quiet for a while.

Warren went to visit Maria, his wife, and his son Mael in their hidden home in the forest ruins. Maria and Mael hide there because Warren and Maria aren't married yet. And because of the fact they aren't married they can't live together according to a law that my father's men made.

Since Warren's away, Yai was the temporary replacement for him. Yai was busy in Warren's studies right now so she's pretty quiet.

Zallia came to visit me a while ago giving me food which was odd, she started to talk to me about how I'm doing. She knows I'm broken, she knows that their death's were what broke me. Even though I'm caved with all the sadness and emptiness that Layla has done, Zallia tried to give me light. Even though she was cursed by Keia, she still protected me and everyone else.

Around this time Zallia would come back, but she hasn't yet. I shrugged it off thinking it was work but....no. Myle, Zallia's...., told me she had a day-off. Despite all of this, I just waited for her.

Hours go by, nothing....

My mind fills with terrible memories back then. I remember Gio's gleaming smile that shined so bright. I remember Lye's sassiness and competence. I remember Awi's strong-witt and her capability to lie about her feelings towards people. I remember how silent and cold Keri was and how it took me months to befriend him. I remember how smart Shien was and how he was very loyal. I remember... all my friends and how they've treated me.

Why did they have to die? Why did I have to be the reason why they died?

Blinking back all the tears I decided to clear my mind. Maybe I can get answers from the human's downstairs if they knew my friends? According to Zallia, if a god dies they get reborn into a human yet they forget what ever happened in the god realm. Maybe these humans know something about them...?

I get out of my room to find Kaye and Naoki, and... Naoki disappeared except for Kaye. I run to the dungeon chambers to find the door open and an empty cellar. No, no no no.... How did they escape?! Zallia, she did this. I feel her magic in this room. Dammit!