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And even though she smiled at me so softly, I knew she would never forgive me. Not for this. The still warm blood of her brother was splashed upon my arms, running off my fingers and sword. Even if she had forgiven me, I never would have.

I would always be the one that had stolen her beloved brother. Tears brimmed up in those soft velvet eyes of hers, and I trembled inside. I would have to leave now... I would have to leave this as a complete mission--after all, it was my job to get my assignment done and to be devoid of any feeling.

I did have a feeling inside of me. As sharp as the blade I clutched tightly in my fist, I felt as though I had betrayed someone very close to me. The betrayal of the woman kneeling on her kness, cradling her brother's bloody head in her lap and slowly pulling his shoulders gently onto her knees as if he could be more comfortable. I didn't even know this woman, yet I felt a deep regret looking at these siblings. One alive and one assassinated by my own blade. I stepped back into the night, away from the festival lanterns into the shadows cast by Trocity. I glanced up breifly, allowing myself this selfish privilage of seeing her face in full bloom.