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

makes me glance around

blacked out.

I could talk big, say I will kill, but when the time is before me… it’s fucking

close my eyes and we raise the sword. My hand is over hers, and her power surges through the blade as we plunge it into

sting my eyes as Apophis’s chilling voice that makes me ill every time

‘NO!’

eyes and stare

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

back at me as his life

before my eyes. 13

I’d do

hand and the sword as I fall to my knees, unable to hold

cupping my face, and I look into

sorry.” She

This is

behind as I press my fists to my forehead, refusing to allow any sound to escape

is no

SKYLA.

to see him so broken; he

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

know he’ll feel that

his mother…

no option, but that is something he will carry with

sun shows its face once more, even when everyone

pain.

stopped, but

bowed.

head. Even if he’s

your majesty…”

has been… intense…” a man says

I sense Catherine

Catherine sobs as she

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

into her embrace. 3

on them, to give. them space to mourn their loss, unable to stop my own tears from flowing down

they suffer… at least make their

around me, and I hug her tightly, trying to

the first time in my life… I

something

now understand what it means when they say, every life you

Alpha Royce, the Solaris King, was indeed innocent.”

pull away from Mama as I stare at the man who has spoken. I’m

Are they that stupid?

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