Come now,” Kalus said, turning to me, his hand unce again finding my arm to guide me away from the execution ground.
I followed in a daze, my mind struggling to process what I’d just witnessed. The girl’s eyes still haunted mo–the fear, the pleading. the terrible moment of understanding when she realized no one would save her.
Kalus led me to his office, closing the doar behind us with a decisive click. I stood in the center of the room, uncertain what to feel, what to think.
“You hadn’t killed my mother,” I said finally.
“No. I couldn’t.”
” he admitted.
“Why?” I needed to hear him say it.
He moved closer, close enough that I could see the flecks of gold in his amber eyes. “You know why.”
“I need to hear you say it.”
He sighed, a sound so weary it might have come from a man centuries old rather than decades, “I couldn’t take her from you. I saw what it did to you–the thought of losing her. I couldn’t be the cause of that pain,”
Does she have a family?” I asked, thinking of the girl who’d died in my mother’s place.
“Yes.” The admission cost him, I could see it in the tightening of his aw. “I am not proud of what I have done. But now you how far I’ll go just for you; I’ll kill for you, and I would do it again.
know
The terrible truth of it settled in
. In my chest
stone. Kaius had sacrificed an innocent to save my mother to make me happy.
“Thank you… I shouldn’t be relieved by her death,” I whispered, the conflict within me nearly unbearable.
Suddenly, the door burst open. Frost stood in the doorway, his normally cool demeanor shattered by fury.
he demanded, ice–blue eyes fixed on Kaius. “Why would you do that to an innocent woman?”
“I think you know the answer to that question,” Kalus’s voice remained steady despite the obvious tension crackling between them.
“Isolde was the rebel; she should have been brought to justice, Frost continued, stepping further into the room. I froze at hearing my mother’s name on his lips. How did be know who she was?
“If your intention is to make me feel guilty then there would be no need for that, I feel guilty enough, but it had been done.” Kaius moved to stand between Frost and me.
She is not your fucking mate; you cannot make such decisions just because of her.” Frost’s voice rase, the accusation hitting me like a physical blow
“Can’t 17” Kajus’s response was deceptively calm.
she would leave you soon, and then what? Layna was a part of us. The pain in Frost’s voice was ruw, genuine in a way I hadn’t
heard before.
“Oh, you got her name too,” Kalus observed, something like weariness creeping into his tone.
This wasn’t the plan; you weren’t supposed to fall for her,” Frost continued, his
s gaze shifting to me with a mixture of anger and
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blame that made me flinch
“Erost!” My voice sounded small in the charged atmosphere of the room.
“This is all on you.” His accusation cut deep, not least because it contained a truth I couldn’t deny. An innocent woman was dead because of me–because Kalus wanted to protect what was important to me.
“I’m sorry… The words
s were wholly inadequate, but they were all
“Keep your apologies to yourself, or better yet, apologise to Layna iner grave. With that, Frost turned and left, the door slamming behind him with a finality that echoed in the sudden silence.
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