THE NIGHTMARE

Chapter 32

moaned out loud.You couldn't have forced him to forget me, could you?Instead of killing him, couldn't you just erase his memory?I heard Valerian get up and move away from me, but he didn't say anything to me.He wrapped Eden's jacket around my naked skin and put it on my shoulders when he returned to keep me warm.He was not thanked by me.I refused in any way to acknowledge what he had done.He turned around and sat in front of me, Eden's body between us. He was sitting right in front of me.His clothes still looked dirty, but his eyes had turned green again and the blood that had been dripping down his chin had been removed.I just sat there and wept for the love I had just lost, clutching his jacket around me in the hope that I would pass away from my grief.With his knees folded, Valerian sat silently across from me.Despite the fact that I could not sense any remorse for what he had done, my sobs appeared to have an effect on him.When he eventually reached across Eden's body to wipe my te