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Ellie’s cries pierce my ears and make me want to scream.
There’d been no news on Evander’s child.
No one had heard what had become of the baby.
It’s changed me, and now it’s changed him, except it’s all my fault, and I don’t even deserve to share the load of his pain.
The pain I caused.
Evander turns to look at me.
Well, it’s probably not that he’s looking at me. More that he’s looking to the side, having glimpsed a ghost in the corner of his vision.
But his eyes settle on me. Then widen.
The shadow of the sun has crept closer on the balcony, burning my fingertips.
I step back into the shadows, panic surging through me.
Evander opens his mouth, and I scream, but it’s too late. The tail of the wyvern comes crashing down into his side, sending him soaring, Olwen shouting his name.
No. No, no, no.
Always getting in the way, always ruining his life, whispers the parasite.
My hand comes to my mouth as I watch Evander’s body slam against the stone garden wall.
No.
I run for him, but my skin hisses in protest as I hit the wall of sunlight.
My paldihv. Nox has the paldihv.
You made your choice, silly servant girl. Did you really think you could save them both?
The wyvern slams Evander against the wall again, and this time I hear something crack. It reverberates in my skull, deafening.
No. No, no, no.
I could help you, whispers the parasite. Or you can stand here and watch him die. Your choice, I suppose.
But I’m not taking any of those choices.
Instead, I do what I’m best at.
I shirk into the shadows and hide from that which frightens me most.
CHAPTER 105
BLAISE
I listen from the shadowed colonnades as the wyvern rips the palace to pieces.
The worst part is realizing there’s nothing I can do.
I can hear Olwen from here, calling out orders to Evander’s soldiers. Screaming her brother’s name as she fights back the wyvern.
I can hear her thorns slashing at its tail as it beats Evander into the wall.
