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…”

voice brings me from my thoughts and I realise I’ve frozen. “We need to

voice makes me glance around

blacked out.

big, say I will kill, but when

My hand is over hers, and her power surges through

that makes me ill every

‘NO!’

my eyes and stare into

begins to lighten around us are shrill and ear-splitting, but I’m unable to bask in the

back at me as his life

before my eyes. 13

think I’d do

grip on her hand and

face, and I look

sorry.” She

This

behind as I press my fists to my forehead,

no

SKYLA.

breaks my heart to see him so broken; he was

imagine having to take the life of my sibling, even if someone is bad… they

feel that

his mother…

something he

even when the sun shows its face once more, even

pain.

tears have stopped, but his head

bowed.

approaches, but I shake my head. Even if

are sorry, your majesty…” one

a man says quietly. “We should have seen the

Royce’s neck from behind as I keep my hold on him tight until I sense Catherine approaching.

Catherine sobs as

“You did what you had to.” She says through her sobs as she cups

into her embrace. 3

to give. them space to mourn their loss, unable to stop my

why must they suffer… at least make their healing

I hug her tightly, trying to

the first time in my life… I killed

something inside of

means when they say, every life you

Royce, the Solaris

man who has spoken. I’m still

Are they that stupid?

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