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"..." Devon jumps from bed feeling woozy, maybe Jonas was right, they shouldn''t have had that many drinks, Wait where was he, oh yeah; home, but how did he get home? He didn''t remember "damnit" he cusses as he swings out of bed and runs a hand through his hair
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Devon walks quickly with his hand in his pocket with desmondesa in tow, he yawns and stretches lazily before dropping in a heap on the forest floor, desmodesa smirks as she sits beside him, the forest is alive with owls hooting, frogs croaking, flies buzzing, you could even hear the occasional rustling, the moon was nowhere to be seen, desmodesa looked over at Devon and found he was staring at her
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"are you Okay? "
"I can''t figure you out" he says calmly
"what? "
"one minute, you don''t want to see me,the next you''re happy I''m there..."
"I... I... "
" I have something to tell you..." Devon says looking down
"huh "
"it''s about your... It''s about xàra..."
"what about her? " desmodesa asks sharply
"I''m sorry I left "
"I know "
"no, you don''t... "
"what do you mean?"
"I knew..."
"what? "
"I knew she was a spy long before the war, I knew what she was doing,i knew she would be killed if I reported, she was family, so I kept quiet, I didn''t say a word, I could... I could have stopped her but I didn''t, the battle that killed your mom and Sarah, I could have prevented it... I just... I''m sorry "
"..."
"deski?" Devon looked up when he doesn''t get a response, desmondesa is hunched over crying
"deski... "
"don''t call me that!"
"I''m sorry..." he said moving forward to comfort her
"don''t touch ME!!! " she screeches scrambling away from him
"i trusted you..."
"I''m sorry..."
"does my dad know?"
"yes... "
"he lied... He said you didn''t know anything about her, he said you would never have followed her if you knew... He lied..."
"I''m sorry..."
Desmondesa hurriedly gets to her feet and legs pumping disappears from sight, Devon sighed and runs a hand through his hair
"gods..."
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Desmondesa ran as fast as her legs could carry her, breaking through the treeline she makes a beeline for home
{ha, that rhymes }
Once inside she ignores the help and marches to her fathers study, she bangs on the double doors for good measure
"dad I know you''re in there!!!" she yells before throwing open the doors, lekan looks up from the book he was reading and takes off his glasses
"hey pumpkin, how are you..." he pauses when he sees the look on her face
"what''s wrong? " he asks
"You LIed to ME!!! "
"about what exactly?"
"about mom, about Sarah, about Devon, how could you?"
"..."
"I deserved to know the truth..."
"you do now... "
"you know I can''t stand you right now " desmondesa says and storms out of the study
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Devon walks across the forest floor, fireflies buzzing around him, owls hooting, animals howling, frogs croaking, flies buzzing annoyingly, and the occasional rustling, disturbed the calm night, the moon shone bright overhead
"are we seriously going to be this quiet" desmondesa quips beside him
"I want to show you something" Devon says calmly
"okay... "
Devon makes a u turn and then goes right
"not to be prude but do you even know where you''re going, no offense "
"non taken "
"are you okay?"
"huh"
"you''re not usually this quiet"
"I''m good, just had a nightmare though "
"what about? "
"y... You died "
"oh"
Just then Devon grabbed her arm preventing her from moving forward
"h... " she looks in front of her and realizes if she had kept going she would have walked off a cliff
"holy... I was almost a gonner "
"..."
Devon sits on the grass and gestures upwards, when she does look she is speechless, she can see all of the walled city from up there
"I used to come here when I needed to think"
"why''d you leave"
"I couldn''t stay... "
"why?, it wasn''t your fault, you didn''t know xara was a spy... "
"I... "
"you didn''t,right? "
"yeah"
"it wasn''t your fault then, you couldn''t have known she was informing Kinston, you couldn''t have known there would be a war"
"..."
"stay... Don''t leave again "
"I can''t, there''s still a lot for me out there"
"..."
Devon throws an arm over her shoulder and pulls her closer to him
"wherever I am, the walled city will always be my home... Wherever I am, my heart beats for you...i love you "
Desmondesa sniffles and nuzzles him
"I love you too "