Helena closed her eyes again, and when she slowly opened them, she saw her past life flash before her eyes—every argument she and Kael had, all the guilt he carried within himself, and how she blamed him.

Every night in her dreams, she told him that he wasn't there. Not a single day passed without her thinking of Hakon, his blood on the ground. Every night she dreamed of him, and more and more, she couldn't bear being comforted by her husband. Helena saw their last conversation ...