42 Sharing her burdens III

"You are not a virgin."

Her eyes flashed as a warning of the incoming slash, which gave Yang the chance to evade inthe nick of time. He twirled towards the land and halted several meters from the furious woman on the cliff.

"If" She paused for a moment before continuing.

"If I am not a virgin, I must have been raped?" She twisted her neck and faced him. Her sapphire eyes were several shades darker than normal. Her grip around the Ice Sword's handle tightened.

"No, you don't have to. But it's very uncommon for Gods as young as us to lose it at this age. Furthermore, your other reactions support this suspicion of mine. True, you could also be an abuse victim, but my gut feeling tells me that you are primarily a r@pe victim." Yang calmly answered her, even though his heart beat faster than ever before.

He actually prayed that he was wrong, because he didn't want her to have suffered through something like that.

When Yin didn't respond, he dared himself to further voice his opinions.

"The strong reactions of yours when I brought up the r@pe topic further support this theory of mine."

A cracking sound was heard, which caused Yang to look at her sword. Because of her strong grip of the handle, it had now been crushed by the pressure. He gulped hardly as he hoped that he wouldn't share the same fate.

Silence prevailed for what felt like eons, before the Ice God finally broke it with a cool voice.

"Seems like I was mistaken."

"Hm?" Yang tilted his head sideways.

"You are way smarter than I have given you credit for."

"Really?" Hearing her statement, he happily asked for confirmation.

A smile was painted on his face, which somewhat warmed Yin's heart. She nodded in response and the smile grew even wider.

Then the Fire God remembered where they were in the conversation and grew serious again.

"Who did it?" He couldn't help the anger from sipping into his voice.

Yin looked away and let the Ice Sword disperse. She stared at the high waves coming from the Sea of Pondering and felt her control falling back to place.

"Who was the fucking bastard? I will kill him!" Yang walked up to her side and asked again.

The Ice God listened to harmonious sounds of the sea and closed her eyes.

"You wouldn't be able to kill him."