Chapter 89 : Moondust

MAXINE. I’m frozen in my spot, but not because after what seems like forever, I‘m finally face to face with Livia. No. It’s the fact that she’s carrying a loaded shotgun which is pointed directly at my head. I don’t want to raise my hands in surrender in fear of attracting attention from the guards roaming around the neighborhood, but Theo steps in between me and the gun. “What the fuck?” he splutters. “Are you really going to kill your best friend?” “What best friend?” Livia demands, cocking the gun. “We’re not a refuge. We don’t welcome….” She trails off when our eyes meet. Slowly, she sets the gun down against the door. Her eyes are flooding with tears, and I notice that I’ve been silently weeping the whole time. Her gaze runs over my face so rapidly that it feels like she’s yearning to see every inch of my face, like she’s trying to memorize it. All the memories of us being happy start to flood my mind, and even though she showed aggression from the very first moment, I find