Killing Memories

nversed with confident tones, as if the world was in their grasp. The strains of jazz flowed from the s

s tapping slowly on its surface. His gaze was fixed o

ams. A black dress with a high slit perfectly draped her body. Her long hair was styled in an updo, with a

e same. But there was some

wasn't

smile that reminded Arkana of all the bad things

, but with a long-dormant anger that fla

o, Rafael had

ever

Sie

had never existed, they

oment, but the memory surged f

rain in

rite coffee shop, smiling while hol

re going to build so

king the transparent umbre

oo many nov

ftly, taking a s

ind, I have a strong instinct. If w

ana bel

uld walk side by side

ppened was

el c

bigger

tant, everyth

the reality of tonight. His fingers

ck to the g

om, Sienna suddenl

um

t, time see

eyes

ldn't. Quickly, she averted her gaze, returning to smile at Rafael as if nothing had happe

ll reme

till

ps. He raised his whiskey glass,

ly be a shadow of her past, t

s filled with gray clouds. The distant r

crystal chandeliers. The conglomerates, young executives, and high-class socialites were immersed

n't stray fr

a Mah

lly beside the m

Ting

es signaled an important announcement. But Ar

the same... but so

in a perfect smile-everything seemed like the picture of a successful woman who shoul

was mor

man who had taken everythin

had almost forgotten-a

reams. He and Sienna wove hopes together, dreaming

Rafae

ed that day. The day

, Sienna. Rafael only

a wouldn'

can't keep going with

, Arkana knew-he h

, as if the past had never existed, only

lenched

t a young man wh

ack as someo

ong

ch

re dan

s of anyone who saw them. But Arkana caught something else-the tension in Sie

ir eyes m

um

na f

eyes-surprise, unease, something deep

g their gazes speak more than

pretend not

im aside like a past t

fore Sienna finally blinked, quickly averted

hing had

ghost who had never tr

ana cau

anic in Sie

tremor in

was enoug

h a soft clink on the bar, then ste

Rafael finally not

vered before returning to hi

, his eyes narrowed with calculation. "I almost

d faintly-wi

hasn't it? But the w

shifted t

though she maintain

idn't expect t

but Arkana caught a su

"I didn't expect it either. But the business

There was no other a

Ra

n just

rkana

new game ha