Chapter 97

**Celeste's POV**

The world ripped apart inside my skull.

I was sitting in Father's study, staring at his cold body in the chair where I'd left him hours ago, when the pain hit me like lightning striking bone. The connection to Evangeline... my beautiful, stolen connection.... suddenly felt like molten metal poured into my veins.

I screamed and fell off the couch, hitting the floor hard enough to crack my ribs. My hands clawed at my throat as if I could dig ...