Chapter 121

**Ronan's POV**

The despair in my veins felt like liquid ice, freezing everything from the inside out. 

Each heartbeat spread the poison further through my body, stealing away pieces of who I used to be. Joy became a word without meaning. Hope turned into something that belonged to other people in other worlds. Even breathing felt pointless, just air moving in and out of lungs that no longer remembered why they bothered.

But through it all, one thing ...