75. The Pain Inside

ROYCE.

The only way to end this… is his death.

The moment is before me as he lays there

bleeding out, and it hurts.

Despite everything he has done and I know he deserves what is coming, but… he is still my

brother.

I look at her as I pass her the sword, hiding the pain in my chest.

For her, I need to stay strong.

You’ve hidden your emotions for years, Royce. What are a few more moments?

I look into her eyes, which are now green, but they remain cat-like.

“Let’s do this.” I say.

I look at Aleric as he lays there on the floor, trying to get up when he sees us approaching, but he is beyond the point of recovering, and it’s clear Apophis is focusing on the barrier…

The darkness that is pushing against the barrier is spreading from Aleric.

“Break his tie from this world and it will

weaken him.” Skyla murmurs.

“For the Gods,” I say quietly as I place my hand

over hers.

We raise the sword as one and I look down at

him. Our eyes meet and I remember the little

boy who once played by my side. 5

The one I sparred against, the friendly competition, the pranks we’d pull… the way he always tried to protect me.

“Apophis!” He hisses. The darkness seems to spread, returning around him with vengeance and he begins laughing brokenly.

Too weak to do anything, but his confidence in the snake god remains.

“Kill me then, if you can,” Aleric says, his eyes locked with mine.

you took everything I

wanted… you even

nothing more than

my mate… you are

selfish… you always have

been…”

my thoughts and I realise I’ve frozen. “We

glance around and see

blacked out.

let out a shaky exhale. I could talk big, say I will kill, but when the time is

say quietly, as I close my eyes and we raise the sword. My hand is over hers, and her power

eyes as Apophis’s chilling voice that makes me ill every time I hear it rings in

‘NO!’

eyes and stare into

begins to lighten around us are

at me

before my eyes. 13

think I’d do

fades away, I let go of my grip on her hand and the sword as I fall to my knees, unable to hold

down, cupping my face, and I look into her

sorry.” She

my head. This

as I press my fists

truly is no

SKYLA.

so broken; he was acting strong when his heart

life of my sibling, even if someone is bad… they

know he’ll feel that

his mother…

something he will

face once more, even when everyone gathers. I hold my

pain.

tears have stopped, but his head

bowed.

approaches, but I shake my head. Even if he’s injured,

majesty…”

man says quietly. “We

on him tight until I sense Catherine approaching. That is when I let go of him.

as she

and I force myself back. “You did what you had to.”

into her embrace. 3

to give. them space to mourn their loss, unable

why must they suffer… at

and I hug her tightly,

in my

you… something inside of

it means when they

Royce, the Solaris King, was

pull away from Mama as I stare at the man who has

Are they that stupid?

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