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.

voices. The

My body hadn’t healed. I was still bleeding. Inside and out. But something inside me refused to

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

at my reflection... it looked

but crueler. Sharper. Smiling with something

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

voices in my head surged again. You’re a bastard child. An abomination. A

"Stop it," I whispered.

nothing. Not a mother. Not a mate. Not

"Leave me alone!"

"Just turn it off."

placed my hand against the

I asked the

smiled. Tilted its head.

voice cracked. "I don’t know how

"Yes, you do."

don’t. I don’t. I’m not

are a Crescent. You were born

shivered violently. My hand clenched at my

thin. My breath... hung like glass

do this anymore." My voice was hoarse, barely mine. "I want it all

Hazel. No pain. No more

legs gave out, and I dropped to my knees, still staring at

to turn it

voice shattered in

Caspian’s voice rang out behind

No.

from me," I whispered, hugging

cautious. "When we get the babies back, everything will go back

no normal for me, Caspian. Nothing’s ever been normal. I don’t want to feel this anymore.I

"Hazel..."

my voice raw, trembling. "I

My body collapsed into him. His scent...so familiar, so grounding wrapped around me. My fingers gripped his shirt

whispered, "you’re safe now... I’m

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