Chapter 137

Alysia's POV I couldn't believe my ears. No, scratch that, I didn't want to. I didn't want to believe that what I'd always known as my reality, had somehow turned into a lie. It was one thing to grow up with what you believed was the truth, but finding out your entire life was nothing but a lie and at your most vulnerable moment too wasn't something you could easily recover from. If you recovered from it that is. The night was still, and a small part of me couldn't help but feel like even nature was shocked at the revelation Steven had dropped. I didn't want to believe it earlier, to believe him at all, but there was something about the way he'd spoken now that touched me. Maybe it was my guts or instincts speaking, or perhaps I was so eager to have someone that I could family, or related to that, that I was beginning to fall for everything I heard. I snuck a glance at Steven one more time. He was still rooted to his spot, like the same truth he'd told me, also had a devastating effect