Chapter 100: Help her please!

**~ Hazel’s POV ~**

My heart—my entire soul—shivered when I heard the words slip from Cyrius’s mouth.

"You’ll climb that tree. You’ll stay there. You’ll watch them look for you. And you won’t say a word."

"No... no, please don’t do this," I whispered, my voice already cracking under the weight of disbelief. My fingers reached for his hand, desperate, trembling, pleading—but he snatched it away like I was some venomous thing. Like touching me would corrupt him.

"No," he hissed, and that single syllable split me open.

Then it happened. My body—it betrayed me. The compulsion surged beneath my skin, and I started to move without control, my legs guiding me toward the tree he pointed at. I turned back once—just once—and my eyes landed on Ada.

She was crying. Tiny, frail arms outstretched toward me, her baby fingers twitching in the air, reaching for a mother she could no longer touch.

I wanted to scream. I wanted to grab her. But my voice was already gone. I turned back to the tree, teeth clenched so tightly they ached.

I climbed.

Each branch bit into my palms. The bark tore into my skin. But I kept going, compelled, possessed, robbed of my will. I reached a high perch and crouched there like some cursed bird, trapped in my own skin, a silent observer to my own nightmare.

I turned back once more. I mouthed his name. Please. Just once more.

But Cyrius—he stood there, still and cold and unmoving, like a statue carved from cruelty. His eyes betrayed him for just a second, the faintest glint of pain... or was it satisfaction?

And then he turned away.

I watched him walk off, cradling the babies. I screamed..Or tried to.

Nothing. No voice. No sound. Not even a whimper. Just silence. That cursed, suffocating silence.

into the branch so tightly I thought my nails might crack. God—please—if I

shifted and then... a

I can recognize

right then and there, slipping from

under compulsion. Even the part of me that could fall and make

couldn’t even fake a fall

Leaves rustled below. Footsteps.

catching the light like a flame. Her face was tear-streaked, raw. Hope and fear danced in her eyes as she looked around, scanning

move carefully, eyes tracking the

close. I screamed again..no

Damn Cyrius.

Damn this world that lets monsters

look up. I’m right here.

Aurora whispered. "She’s nearby. I know

was the first to step forward. His body moved like a storm was inside him, barely held together by grief. He pushed the door of

you see them?"

shook his head. "No. I can’t see anyone. The

muttered, brows furrowed. "They should be here. I can still smell

"They’re close. Go this direction," she said,

No.

sat up straighter

no! That’s the wrong way! Cyrius didn’t

LEFT! I’M IN THE TREE..LOOK UP! LOOK AT

it with everything I

Aurora turned...Cayden hesitated.

trees to the right. The wrong direction. The fading scent of my children and my

i sat there powerless. My heart

But then...Cayden stopped.

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