Chapter 108

AVERY

“ You know what needs to be done. ” Noelle whispers.

Draven was screaming at me again. He is starting to believe that there is nothing that can save Aleister. That’s why Declan took him out of the room and closed the door.

Now, it’s just me, Noelle, and the man on the verge of death.

“ Is that why you were telling me there is nothing you can do? ” I mumble under my breath.

My heart is hurting. The slower his breaths get, the slower my mind works. I just know that I don’t want him to die, but I don’t want to mark him.

I am already marked. If I mark him too, there will be no rejections later. The deal will be sealed for a lifetime. I won’t be able to escape him after that.

That makes my heart tremble with dread. I don’t want him to treat me like he did again. I don’t want to kneel or feel like I am some…insignificant woman who must do everything the King asks. I don’t want to be reduced to nothing.

“ Do you know why I helped you? ” Noelle asks.

I shake my head, my eyes still fi