Its been a couple of days since her secret has been revealed. The information spread fast. The people still looked up at her as a leader, but you could see it in their eyes. They feel hurt because Bea didn't trust them.
Sera on the other hand became even more popular, most look at her for advice. She became the only true leader of the group. Bea of course didn't care about that at all.
She only sees Sera when they are planning the attack, which they are nearly done with. As far as Bea can tell, she spends most of her time with Faith. They train together and go out hunting.
Bea looked at her Watch and brought up Sera's status window. The Watches were still connected which is a good sign, it means Sera didn't give up fully on their relationship.
The status read:
Name: Seraphine
Title: Angel Monarch
1st Kill: Archangel of Despair, Horror of the 3rd Tier
Life Essence Absorbed: 1000/1000
'She already fully saturated her soul. And probably helped Faith get close to it as well.'
A sad smile appeared on Bea's face.
'Why? Why did I keep it a secret? I... I trust her fully, with everything... Maybe I felt that she would look at me differently, if she knew my past lover. But I knew what kind of person she was...
Fuck, I should have told her... Now I ruined everything!'
She began hyperventilating and tried her hardest to calm down, eventually she managed.
'There's no use thinking about it now. Mistakes were made, now I have to live with them. This is the price of keeping secrets, I will try to fix it after the rescue.'
Bea was still lying in her bed, alone. Then a knock came at the door, the person didn't wait for her to answer and instead barged in.
In the door a beautiful woman stood, she had hair dark as night. Her face was emotionless, but there was something hidden beneath, dislike.
'Seems like she doesn't like lies either.'
Before Bea got lost in her self-pity, Faith spoke.
Sera was all sweaty as she moved, her swordsmanship increased by a lot since Bea began teaching her. After a couple of minutes she finished her set and turned toward Bea.
"You should be sleeping, tomorrow is a big day." Said Sera with hidden anger.
"I could say the same to you. Looks like even Faith thought it wise to go to sleep." Bea said with a small smile.
Sera tried really hard not to smile as she answered. "You think she went because of her own choice? I had to order her away, but if I had to guess she still hides in one of the shadows."
Bea laughed and smiled at Sera. It was good to speak to her again. Then her smile disappeared as she said.
"I... I'm sorry... I realized my mistake in not telling you... And I understand if you won't forgive me... But I just thought you should know, that I regret it... If I could go back I would tell you.
Sadly the future's wisdom is the past's foolishness."
Sera was silent and emotionless, then she sighed.
"I'm not mad at you. But you broke my trust, I never lied to you and I thought you were the same."
Bea turned towards Sera and done something that left her in shock. Bea knelt before her and said.
"Then from today I swear to you, I will never tell a lie to you, never dodge or ignore a question and always tell you important informations."
Bea looked up and held her laughter seeing Sera's stunned face.
'She looks so cute with that expression!'
After a few seconds Sera regained her composure. Her face was a bit sad.
"Thank you for it. But this won't be enough. I need time, we will continue this conversation after the mission, okay?"
Bea was a bit dejected, but she understood where Sera came from.
'Trust is a fragile thing, it could take a long time to make, but only moments to break.'
"Okay, but until then we could still train can't we?"
Sera hid a small smile and nodded. They both grabbed training swords and began fighting.
The day came and went and soon enough it was night again. They gathered in one of the biggest rooms of The Bunker. The mission was about to begin.