Chapter Forty One

Eira

Soon my luggage was fully packed and I knew that it was time to finally leave. The girls had done so much for me and now, I needed to leave to protect them and also myself. I glanced at the letter I had written for them which was sitting peacefully on the table.

Even as I stared at it, rivulets of tears streamed down my eyes in torrents and I hated to think that for the rest of my life, I would continue to live in this mess, live in this sadness that was slowly choking me to death.

As I stood there, I remembered how the girls had begged me not to leave. They had assured me that everything was going to be alright but I knew that it wouldn't be alright because for as long as I remained here, Sebastian would always find me and hurt me and by extension, the girls which was something I couldn't allow.

I was hell bent on leaving and I knew that I was doing it for my own good. I hated that this was the way I was departing from the girls but I had been pushed to the wall and this was wha