Chapter 238 – Last Straw
"I am sorry."
That sorry meant many things.
It was sorry for not being there when she needed someone to lean on emotionally.
Sorry for the inadequacy of not thinking that kind of possibility could happen—and not preparing for it.
It was a sorry…
For everything.
Sari understood. All of them did.
But none of them blamed him for anything.
They knew how much, ever since the incident with Laeh, Noah had been doing his absolute best to ensure that the same disaster never happened again.
To make sure his people stayed safe.
To make sure nothing harmed them.
But once more…
'I failed,' Noah thought inwardly, as he held the mother-daughter duo in his arms.
He had failed to protect one of his own.
And now, all of them were affected.
It was driving him mad.
'What did I miss?'
'I thought giving them one talent to protect their lives was enough… but I never took into account that something other than their life could be threatened.'
'Why didn't I?'
