LIANDREN’S POV

I've spent the last six years trying to claw my way out of darkness, but why?

At that moment I felt salvation. That faint flicker of light—it goes out.

Why can't I always have what I want?

“What I want is for you to die, so why am I saving you?”

Maybe that was what I thought I wanted, but seeing him lying almost lifeless, trying to reach toward me, I didn't know what to feel.

“Rowan!” I called, kneeling beside his body.

He was out of breath, and his eyes were barely ...