Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2159

"Now I understand why even after we got married there were things you talked about only with Solus. Now I know that many things I thought you had invented because you loved me, like Tuner, the Camellia, and the stroller are just stuff you plagiarized from Earth.

"Deep inside of me, I always knew there was something wrong with you. Every time I read your personnel file, I found it incredible that someone so young could act in such a cold and controlled manner." Kamila's anger and frustration grew with every word she spoke.

"I should have guessed the truth back when you came clear with me about being an Abomination. In hindsight, it makes perfect sense. Your brilliant ideas were just memories from another life just like it's perfectly normal for a man of your age to be mature."

She took a long pause, averting her gaze from the Abomination's face that still resembled Derek instead of Lith and staring at the floor until she managed to calm down again.

"So let me say it again, Derek McCoy. I'm sorry." She raised her head, looking him in the eyes with a steel gaze. "I'm sorry for all the shit life threw at you back on Earth. I'm sorry that you felt so bad about yourself that you had to punish yourself with a reincarnation curse.

"I'm sorry that you had to spend your whole life lying to everyone around you, no matter how much they loved you. Yet that's your problem, not mine. I'm sorry, but I'm not Solus and I'm not going to spend my life coddling your feelings."

Lith's stomach twisted into a notch as he clenched his hands so hard that even his energy knuckles popped.

"If you want me to stay with you, you need to grow up."

"Wait, what?" Her words both shocked and confused him.

"You heard me. Grow. Up." She dragged the chair closer until her face was centimeters from Lith's. "I don't want to hear that bullshit about being unable to protect me and taking the burden of the whole world on your shoulders ever again.

"You are now 45 years old. After everything you went through, you should have realized by now that no matter how much you love someone, you can't protect them from the rest of the world, nor they you.

"You didn't fail Carl when he was run over just like I didn't fail Zinya when Fallmug got his filthy hands on her for years. It's not your fault if those bastards from Verendi tried to kill me.

"People die every day on every goddamn planet and there's not enough magic in the entire universe that can change that.

"You can't wait to have crafted some perfect world free from harm and pain before allowing yourself to be happy. You must learn to appreciate every moment you spend with the people you love in the world as it is, or you'll infect our daughter with your fear."

Kamila brought his hand to her womb as his eyes went wide in astonishment.

"Derek McCoy was very unlucky but also one of the bravest men that I've ever known. Yet despite all of his sacrifices, despite all he managed to achieve, he died as he lived. In hopeless misery.

"Lith Verhen is supposed to learn from Derek's mistakes. To inherit his will but discard his obsessions. Otherwise your third life will end up just like the first. I'm not asking you to blindly accept your fate or disregard my safety.

"I'm just asking you to keep fighting, to do your best like you did all your three lives. You can turn down the Royals if you think it's a losing mission, but don't refuse it just for my sake.

Asking the man she loved to risk his life was the hardest thing she had ever done, but she couldn't afford to be egotistical anymore. She now had to fight for her yet-to-be-born child. _{freeweɓnovēl.coɱ}