ARYA

He was barely holding himself together. I could see it in the way he blinked back tears, his lips twitching. He was confused, unable to process what was happening. But he couldn't be more confused than I was. I'd been so convinced that we were doomed to hate each other, and now that I felt a different emotion towards him, one that wasn't 'hate'? I didn't know what to do with myself. Wasn't the curse supposed to make me hate him? So, why?

Why did it feel as though my chest was ...