Can’t Win Me Back

Jonah continued, "After his identity was exposed, Khaos abandoned him, and Cloudtop hunted him down. Traitors always meet the state—death."

"So... back then, you executed him as Judas?" Alyssa's voice trembled as a chill ran through her body.

Jonah closed his eyes and shook his head in pain.

"When I be the leader, I swore that I would never kill. It was my bottom line. But back then... everyone was pressuring me

and forcing to execute him myself."

Listening to this, Alyssa felt suffocated. Her heart pounded in fear.

"He didn't want to putin a difficult position, so he grabbed the gun from my hand and shot himself."

Jonah's tone was calm and low as he recounted the event again. If it weren't for the crimson in his eyes, Alyssa would have thought

he was telling someone else's story.

Would anyone in the world be able to bear such a devastating blow as watching their beloved take their own life before their eyes?

that, Alyssa might have picked up

the past..." Jonah murmured as if trying to heal his bloody wound with

words.

death, but I have to ask

continued word by word, "Did you choose to be with Jul because he looks

photo in his hand, Jonah bowed his head and grazed his teeth with

to him because he resembled that person. When

kindness, it wasn't just to help win him over, was

resist being near him. He simply

Jonah slowly

widened her

your eyes. To you, I'm a good brother who's emotionally stable, has strong

elders, and cares for younger

his head. "But I'm far from as good as you think. In fact,

people."

you... how could you

were almost embedded into his skin. "Jul gave up everything to be

he's been helping you, our family, Jasper, and Lauren wholeheartedly! How could you do this

was attracted to