Seventy

She had me fitted right beside her and she kept me by her side while she was addressing the Cerians in Artica.

She told them that the rumours of the massacre in Pasiphae were true and that we confirmed that the head of the government, Paul, was the mastermind behind it. She named the "survivors," and told the people that Paul had messed with the wrong country, which made them cheer.

We were met with celebrations and cheers as we made our way to the harbour. I was amazed by how she was able to get the people on her side so easily and she jokingly said that Kevin was great at peace talks, but not as good as she was at public speaking.

At the harbour, Elizabeth and I finally parted to board separate ships, and she hugged me and apologised before leaving. I squeezed her back and apologised as well, knowing how hard she had it.

Before we left, Elizabeth said one last speech to the soldiers and sailors empowering them to fight with everything they had for Ceres, and she was, but of course, met with immense cheers. We sailed all throughout the day and I attended every meeting we had with George right next me to help.

At night, Arthur found me watching the star-filled night sky and settled down right beside me to watch them too. He told me how his mother died in birth complications and his litter died as they couldn't survive on their own. When he was on the verge of death, he closed his eyes depressed that he didn't have a long life, but opened them in a lavish home.

A little girl had found him and took him in. A month later, she was given a cat and she threw him away. Zephyr later found him and I knew the rest.

    I saw how the story had saddened him, so I swore on my life that I would never leave him or betray him that way for as long as he lived. We held each other in our arms until two guards came up to us and told us to urgently follow them, so we did.

We were led to a room and when we turned to ask what the urgent matter was, they closed us in and locked the door.