章 163: The last meeting 2

Raven remained in the dimly lit cell, his gaze fixed on Arjan, who now seemed to crumble under the weight of her confession. her body trembling as her final defenses collapsed. The heavy silence in the cell was suffocating; the truth was finally out in the open.

"Your obsession with taking what wasn't yours... it's destroyed you, Arjan," Raven spoke with a quiet yet cold voice.

his eyes narrowed as he looked at her. The words hung in the stale air of the prison, echoing off the stone walls.

Arjan flinched at his words, but her face twisted, still clinging to some shred of defiance. "Destroyed? No... I just wanted what was rightfully mine." Her voice cracked, the confidence in her words beginning to falter, but still trying to stand tall.

Raven's gaze softened, not in empathy, but in pity.