Elena POV

I swallowed past the lump that had formed in my throat, “you sound so sure but you don’t know the truth either. What if they’re right? What if I am behind it?”

He seemed to think it over for a while as he just watched me, before saying, “then I believe you must have a reason for it.”

I stared at him open mouthed, “what reason on earth could possibly justify genocide?”

“We’re not saints Luna, we’re warriors.” He chuckled dryly, “sometimes we have to make ...