Chapter56

#Chapter56

We finally finished our food, and Cain placed the containers back into the bag and moved everything to the side, giving us more room on the blanket. I laid down on the blanket, sprawled out and stared up at the stars. Cain followed suit, laying down beside me, but he didn’t look up at the sky. Instead, he stared at me. I tilted my head to the side to look at him, and Cain had this odd look in his eyes, a look of longing and fear. I was curious as to why he held these emotions until he finally spoke.

“What do you want to know?” He asked, his tone a little clipped.

I wasn’t sure what he meant for a moment, but then it clicked that he asked me what I wanted to know about him. I pondered this question, wondering what I wanted to know about him and if I genuinely wanted the answers to those questions.

I pursed my lips and looked into his eyes. “How come, after your parents died, you turned into……a monster?” I asked hesitantly, hoping he wouldn’t get angry with me over that