Chapter 85

***Silas's POV**

Her scream still echoed through the cave, but it wasn't the sound that haunted me, it was the silence after.

I stood in the Sacred Cave, watching the servant girl's blood pool between ancient stones. The liquid began to glow, pulsing with silver runes. The realm always recognized betrayal. It always did.

But the girl's death meant nothing compared to what came before it. Evangeline had looked me in the eyes and chosen him. ...