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.

was them. The voices. The hatred.

even though I could barely move. My body hadn’t healed. I was still bleeding. Inside and out. But something inside me refused

room tucked away in the high house. The mirror

up at my reflection... it looked

Sharper. Smiling

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

You’re

"Stop it," I whispered.

nothing. Not a mother. Not a mate. Not even a

"Leave me alone!"

"Just turn it off."

hand against the mirror, sobbing, breath

off?" I asked

Tilted its head.

My voice cracked. "I don’t know

"Yes, you do."

I’m not strong. I’m not

Crescent. You were born to

My

thin. My breath... hung like glass

to do this anymore." My voice was hoarse, barely mine. "I

Hazel. No

out, and I dropped to my

to turn it off!" I

shattered

Caspian’s voice

No.

me," I whispered, hugging myself tighter. "The voices...

said, his steps cautious. "When we get the babies back, everything will

Caspian. Nothing’s ever been normal. I don’t want to feel this anymore.I

"Hazel..."

my voice raw, trembling.

His scent...so familiar, so grounding wrapped around me. My fingers gripped

"you’re safe

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