Chapter 194: Not So Kindred

Diana She pulls herself free from his mind and confronts him on his wrapped sense of reality with he denies. Sky comes into the argument and has a talk with Mikhail which ends with Sky promising to kill him quickly if he will call off the rogues I could feel my consciousness tugging at the edges of Mikhail's mind, urging me to pull free. With a final, determined effort, I tore myself away from the dark labyrinth and back into reality. The shift was jarring, like being ripped from a deep, unsettling dream. I found myself standing face-to-face with Mikhail, his eyes wide with confusion and anger. The eerie calm of his mind was gone, replaced by a palpable tension that crackled in the air between us. "You lied," I said, my voice steady despite the turmoil inside me. "You twisted your own memories to fit your narrative, to make yourself feel powerful and justified." Mikhail's eyes narrowed, and he shook his head vehemently. "No," he hissed. "You don't understand. They made me this w