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 hatred. My own soul

even though I could barely move. My body hadn’t healed. I was still bleeding. Inside

until I found somewhere quiet..an abandoned room tucked away in the high

looked up at my reflection... it

Sharper. Smiling with something that

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

head surged again. You’re a

"Stop it," I whispered.

mother. Not a

"Leave me alone!"

"Just turn it off."

against

what off?" I

smiled. Tilted its head.

how—" I whispered. My voice cracked. "I

"Yes, you do."

don’t. I don’t. I’m not strong.

a Crescent. You were born to

My

breath... hung like glass

was hoarse, barely mine. "I want it all

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

dropped to my

to

shattered in

you okay? Caspian’s voice

No.

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

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

My voice cracked. "There’s no normal for me, Caspian. Nothing’s ever been normal. I don’t want to feel this

"Hazel..."

me!" I screamed, my voice raw, trembling.

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

"you’re safe now... I’m here.

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