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"Was it necessary to be this cruel? Noah??"
I felt a pang of guilt in my heart when my phrased it like that.
"Yes…Ma. They wanted to kill us.
And if we didn't kill them, we would be… dead." I tried sounding nice, as if framing them in a better way would justify something but I never really was good with words.
Grandma hummed to me as she neared the dead assassins, checking their pulses.
"No need to check their pulses." I said, shaking my head.
Ma raised her eyebrows unnaturally,
"…They're all dead."
"…"
I looked at Ma straight in the eyes. Did I not explain why I killed them like just seconds ago?
She sighed, standing back up as she closed in on my figure.
Holding my hand, she pulled me as we started walking back to the main road to the city.
I half expected her to be silent all the way out but she opened her mouth again.
hufff
She sighed, giving me a long stare.
"Atleast tell me what your powers—
