~~~Liams P.O.V~~~

Ryan sighed softly, staring at the ground. We stayed silent for a couple of minutes, not able to say anything.

"Cynthia.. Well.. She's my sister.." He mumbled out before finally making eye contact with me. He stood up walking to his desk taking the two picture frames handing them to me.

I took the pictures that I saw before I left. The two kids with Ryan who looked like twins and maybe a few years younger than him. The other picture was him with the girl with pale skin.

He pointed at the second picture. "That's... Cynthia." He sat beside me taking the other frame from my hands.

"I-... It's weird. I know that you have always been close to your siblings.. It used to.. I don't know, bother me I guess." He shook his head. "... We were never close.. It wasn't like you with Toni.. It's like sometimes we weren't even siblings.."

I stayed silent watching him speak as he looked down at the frame. His hands tightly gripping it.

"It didn't matter anyway.. She was always distancing herself from me and my father.. He was pretty sexist.. So I never got to spend time with her or even be a family.. She's my sister by blood.. But by all else.. I don't know." He said his voice slightly less like himself.

"... Then, well.. I started to hurt people.. You already know this part of the story.. Though.. I guess that was the final breaking point for her, she left and pretty much made a life for herself.." He mumbled softly, his hair falling in his face.

I gently looked down at the picture. They both seemed happy, the smiling faces. Sometimes they don't capture the actual emotions..

"B-... But I don't mind.. I-... I mean.. I know she's okay.. I do care about her.. Don't get me wrong.. But.. I know that she doesn't give a blind fuck about me.." He added the last part a bit too quickly, unable to make eye contact.

"Ryan.."

He cut me off shaking his head. "... I was too hard on her, She by all means had every reason in the book to get mad at me.. But.. I didn't care what she had to say.. I was fine with hurting people.. I was fine with being a no care criminal.."

This was a side of Ryan I never got to see. He seemed less like that guy in the woods, and more like.. An actual person.. Who wasn't just throwing witty remarks or being a sarcastic serpent.

"... How was she like..?

He cleared his throat placing the picture of him and Cynthia down, with a small sigh. "She.. well.. She's more of a mercenary than me, she always has been.. She has a lot more good than I do.."

I stared at him. Unable to answer back to him. Though I couldn't even, because he wasn't done explaining.

"Even after my mother left.. And my father died.. We never tried to be siblings.. I've tried to talk to her.. It never ends well." He sighed before shaking his head, leaning it back against the wall.

We both stayed silent not knowing where we wanted the conversation to go next. "Anything else you want to ask..?"

I thought for a minute before pulling up the second picture frame handing it to him. "Who are these two..?"

Ryan took the frame from me staring at the three smiling faces, his eyes softening a bit. After a few minutes he shook his head. "... They were my family.."

I stared at him in question, unable to ask the question in my mind.

"... You don't need to know about that, Lee.. It'll only be worse for both of us.." He stood up walking into his closet placing the two pictures in a box before sitting back on the bed.

I stared at the box, before turning up to him. His expression told me to leave it alone. I shouldn't ask.. I don't want him to get angry..

He sighed a bit before turning to me. "Liam.. why are you still here..? Why haven't you left yet.."

"I was worried about you-"

"Not what I meant.." He cut me off covering my mouth, tilting his head slightly at me. "... Why are you still with a monster like me..?"

I gently took his hand away from my mouth tightly gripping it. "I don't think your as dark as you want me to believe.."

"Love, I'm much worse than people believe.."

I gently leaned forward kissing his cheek pulling up a small smile on my face. ".. Do you ever not doubt yourself..?"

"Sure, when I'm relaxed." He mumbled with a light laugh at the end.

"What relaxes you..?"

"Love, you already know what kind of person I am." He answered with a shrug.

"Point your gun at me if it helps you relax." I deadpanned. He shook his head with a quiet chuckle.

"You really aren't what I thought you were when I met you."

"Don't know if that's a compliment but thank you."

He nodded before yawning softly, resting his head against the wall. "You should probably get to sleep, Ry.."

He sighed a bit before nodding. I gently kissed his cheek before letting him lay down.

"How are you always like this,Liam..?" He mumbled out as I got up.

"Like what..?"

"Like you are living in your own little world.." He answered, staring up at me.

I bit my lip. It wasn't the first time I was asked this.

"Don't you ever feel lonely or-..." He shook his head, sighing a bit in his pillow.

"... Don't you ever feel powerless living in other people's worlds..?" I asked him.

He stayed silent before slightly nodding his head. I smiled a bit before walking out of the room laying down on the couch, tightly gripping my chest.

~~~Ryans P.O.V~~~

I stared up at the ceiling. I didn't intend on sleeping. I got up from my bed walking over to the window before leaving. I wasn't sure where I intended to go, but it was far away from here.

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~~~Liams P.O.V~~~

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"Liam...!"

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"Fuck, where are you?!"

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"Liam, wake up...!"

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"LIAM!"

I opened my eyes confused on the screaming seeing Toni's frantic eyes pleading at me.

"Toni..?"

"Liam... Get up!" She urged pulling me to my feet and leading me outside

"What-"

I stopped when the harsh wind blew in my face, I saw people frantically running around getting inside the buildings. I noticed the blood red sky. The black clouds.

"Toni... what happened.."

I noticed in the distance the faint outline of the castle. But even then it didn't look like the same silhouette.

"... I-... I don't know.." She answered before I saw someone running towards us. I recognized her In a heartbeat.

"Charlie..!" Toni cried out before I could even move. We both ran forward. She seemed out of breath but she stared at us.

"The hell is a Adomo.." she asked us as she wiped the blood away from her cheek.

"A soul eater.." I heard someone beside me mumble. I saw Ryan standing there, looking quite calm, except his eyes showed concern.

"... How far did they get..?" He asked Charlie.

"All the way to the kingdom.."

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Heaven forbid someone whisper he's part of some scheme. Your enemy whispers so you have to scream. I know about whispers, I see how you look at mah sisterrrr

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Pfff, sorry for that I was listening to first burn while writing this chapter because it's just👌👌👌

Anyway thanks for reading this chapter and until I post the next one, bai