Chapter 61: Turn it off

*~Hazel’s POV~*

I was still wallowing in my silence, folded in on myself like some broken doll, when I heard Leon’s voice slice through the room like a blade.

"It’s all your fault, isn’t it?"

His voice low, bitter, trembling with rage.

"Everybody was right. You’re bad luck. A curse. You killed her." He yelled at me. I looked up, confused, shattered, not sure if I even heard him right.

He was pointing at me. At me. "Leon..shut up!" Caspian barked, stepping between us.

But Leon shoved him back.

"No! Let me say it! She killed her. Hazel killed Aurora!" tears pricked down his eyes as he dropped her dead body and came closer. My lungs collapsed. The walls began to spin.

"You knew she was weak!" he screamed. "You let her use the last of her power to help you...help your child!"

"I didn’t ask her to—" I whispered.

"You should’ve stopped her!"

"I—I tried," I choked out, but the words were barely mine.

"No, you didn’t try enough!" His voice cracked. His eyes bloodshot, red and raw.

"She’s dead! My Aurora is dead!"

"I tried to stop her.... I tried.. I really tried." my voice weakening then I heard another voice.

You’re an abomination.

The voice cold and chilling then another voice... You’re a disgrace. A weak, selfish human. My ears rang as the voices grew louder..

You killed her. You took and took and now she’s gone.

I stood up, trembling. I don’t even remember walking...I just moved. I pushed past Caspian when he tried to stop me. He called out, but I didn’t hear him anymore.

heard was them. The voices. The hatred. My own soul turning

body hadn’t healed. I was still bleeding. Inside and out. But

found somewhere quiet..an abandoned room tucked away in the high house. The mirror on

my reflection... it looked back. But not

me, but crueler. Sharper. Smiling with

I staggered back. "What?"..."Turn it off, Hazel. The pain.

voices in my head surged again. You’re a

"Stop it," I whispered.

mother. Not a mate.

"Leave me alone!"

"Just turn it off."

placed my hand against the mirror,

what off?" I asked the

smiled. Tilted its

voice cracked. "I

"Yes, you do."

I don’t. I don’t. I’m not strong. I’m not

Crescent. You were born

body shivered violently. My hand clenched at my

My breath... hung like

was hoarse, barely

it off, Hazel. No pain. No more betrayal. No

I dropped to my knees, still staring at the

know how to turn it off!"

shattered in

you okay? Caspian’s voice rang out

No.

me," I whispered, hugging myself tighter. "The voices... they won’t

steps cautious. "When we

ever been normal. I don’t

"Hazel..."

raw, trembling.

me, pulling me into his arms. My body collapsed into him. His scent...so familiar, so grounding wrapped around me. My fingers gripped his shirt as I buried my face in his

whispered, "you’re safe now...

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