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"Our heart chooses whom it wants, no one has a say in it" I answered his question.
I know Darius doesn't want me to talk to him. But despite everything he did till now, today is the first time he is truly showing his insecurity.
"True, then how did I become bad and he became good. Both of us are Demons, both of us killed countless people. Then why him, why not me? Am I not handsome enough? Or were you attracted to becoming the Queen of the underworld?" he mocking with the last part.
"You don't have to talk to him, Angel. He doesn't deserve it" Darius declares.
"He is asking for a closure Darius. He needed to hear this, let me" I looked at him with determination.
"Good or bad depends on the path we choose. If I would of chosen you instead of him, he would have let me be happy with my life. Unlike you, who decided to kill me, because you couldn't have me. You don't want anyone to have what you couldn't have. But he is not like that. He wanted me to be hap
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