AND: Here's the last chapter. Things come to an end here. And I've added a twist here that's kind of surprising.

On another note, this series has its own Forum. Any questions, no matter how silly you think they are, can be asked there.

Sincerity

Eva stared out her bedroom window. It had been three days since the battle at the Alliance headquarters, and cleanup had officially ended. The grounds had been cleared and the blood erased from the buildings. The casualty list had come out.

12 dead of the enemy. 56 wounded and 75 dead Earther.

Eva shook and tried to hold in her tears. Rain poured from the heavens as she stared at the dark grey skies. The weather matched her mood. She felt as if the deaths were her fault. She wondered how many children were without a mother or father. How many people had lost their husbands, wives, sisters, brother, all because of her decision to tell the Hunters?

She never noticed the bedroom door opening or the figure step into her room. She never notice Rick close the door behind him. She never realized he was there until he sat beside her and pulled her into a hug.

"What's wrong, mouse?" he asked. "You've been up here since we got back."

Eva began to shake. She couldn't stop the soft sobs or the hot tears that leaked from her eyes. She let out muffled whimpers and clutched Rick's shirt in her fists.

"It's my fault," she whispered.

"What?" Rick said as he held the crying woman in his arms.

"I killed them," she said so softly Rick had thought he had misheard.

"Killed who?" he asked gently.

Eva looked up at him with red, puffy, tear filled eyes. "The soldiers. I killed them. It's my fault."

"Eva, Mouse, what do you mean?" Rick was starting to panic. Maybe she just had survivor's guilt, the logic part of his brain said. Somehow he doubted it.

Eva pulled out of his embrace and stared at the ground. "Never mind."

"Mouse, what is wrong? Whatever it is, it is affecting you badly," Rick said. "You can trust me. I won't tell anyone anything you tell me."

Eva looked up into his eyes and saw only truth dwelling there. "I'm not human, at least not fully. My mother was the Elysian queen known as Lunai. She was exiled and died here. I ended up being teleported to Elysian and became queen. I brought the Crog here. I told them to come. I told them the Elon were here. All of those deaths are my fault."

Rick stared at her for a long time. Eva turned away from him and gazed out the window once again. Her eyes were filled with pain and sadness.

"I won't tell anyone, Mouse. It's your secret to tell the others. Just promise me you will tell them one day," Rick said and enveloped her in a hug once more. Eva smiled and clung to him, her one lifeline on Earth.

"Thank you, big brother," she said and fell into peaceful slumber. The recent events were just too much for her. She needed her rest.

AND: This concludes Loyalty. There IS another story coming. I have no clue what I'm going to call it though.