What was left behind

She avoided his eyes. Noora couldn’t simply lie to him. Before lying is a simple task for her, she has never been caught in her infiltrations missions. Some would say that deception is her forte, but that was a long time ago.

She couldn’t even tell him deceitful words. The times where she has to torture people to get information had engraved a remarkable message to her conscience the moment when she was alone when she was given some time to think and reflect on her actions.

Now, grown and mature than her prime, Noora had realized the errors of her actions and dearly regret them. If he were she was before, she would be able to easily lie to him, but that’s not here now and she vows not just for herself but also to those she had done wrong that she will not go back that way and make herself better.

But there are times when she had to make a hard call.

“Yes. I captured the essence of their spirits and used it to seal them inside of the monsters.”