Eve's Pov

I watched the light slowly leave his eyes as his blood dropped into the bowl. A sense of delight filled my veins knowing I was this close to getting back what had been stolen from me.

A slow smile pulled at my lips. Finally, after all these years of searching and chasing shadows, after all the lies and failures, I was this close— this close to getting back what had been stolen from me.

Orin hung there, weak and barely able to lift his head. His breath came out in short and broken ...