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.

my nails might

wind shifted and then... a whisper. "Shhh... I think

recognize that voice

almost lost balance right then and there, slipping from the branch but

Even my instincts were under compulsion. Even the part of me that could fall and make a sound was locked down. My

even fake a fall

Leaves rustled below. Footsteps.

the light like a flame. Her face was tear-streaked, raw.

watched them all move carefully, eyes tracking the faint smoke drifting from the hut’s

so close. I screamed again..no

Damn Cyrius.

this curse. Damn this

Someone look up. I’m right

her," Aurora whispered.

step forward. His body moved like a storm was inside him, barely

see them?" Aurora

can’t see anyone. The place is

"They should be here. I can still smell them. They haven’t

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

No.

up straighter on

way! Cyrius

THE LEFT! THEY’RE ON THE LEFT! I’M IN

I had.

Aurora turned...Cayden hesitated.

direction. The

watched them go as i sat there powerless. My heart dropped into

But then...Cayden stopped.

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