The word came out with more firmness than Larissa had expected. All eyes turned toward her.
Ren's heart constricted for a moment, but in the next...
"You don't have to apologize," she continued, her voice gaining strength as she spoke. "I'm the one who should apologize to you."
Ren looked up, confusion clear in his expression. The disorientation from just waking up made it difficult to process what he was hearing. "What? But I was the one who..."
"You did the right thing," Larissa interrupted, and now the words flowed more easily, as if a dam had finally broken inside her. "You did exactly what my father asked you to do, didn't you? Following the King's order and saving everyone is what any good person would have done. And I, without realizing it... I was so selfish making you believe you had done something wrong with my silence."
