The words hit harder than any blade.

I felt them tear through the space between us, destroying whatever fragile hope I’d been holding to.

She brushed past me, her shoulder brushing mine, her touch colder than frost.

“Roryplease”

But she was gone before I could finish.

Darius inhaled harshly. “You just destroyed the one thing keeping her anchored.”

“She deserved to know.”

“She deserved peace,” he snapped. “But now? You’ve given her something else. ...