Tyler's words were like knife stabs into Iris' heart. She realized that he just wanted to hit her where it hurts, but that didn't change the reality that it was her weak spot. There was only one person in the world that she had ever felt close to before meeting Kyro, and she…
A wall built itself in Iris' mind, preventing her from finishing that thought. She wanted, needed to, but she couldn't. If it showed up to be true, then all her life would've been a lie.
"So you're still lying?" she asked, forcing out a smile that felt pathetic even to her. "Is telling the truth really such an impossible task for you?"
"You want truth?" Tyler looked at her with scorn. "You're a hybrid that isn't even human. And mad. Your whole lineage is of people cursed to die young. The world just hates you for being unnatural and sets you up to fail every single time you think you've won."
