Chapter Sixty Eight - Goodbye

Valkyrie Behati

“Then you leave me no choice. I will kill him and everyone you know so that you have no one else to turn to except for me.” His voice echoed from behind, each word sharp and threatening, causing me to freeze.

My heart pounded wildly in my chest, a fierce drumbeat that seemed to drown out all other sounds. The words hit me like a sudden gust of icy wind. I hadn’t anticipated hearing such a direct threat from him, not here, not now, before I even faced him.

As I slowly turned around, the sight before me was startling. He looked entirely different from how I remembered. His eyes burned with a dark, unwavering determination that made it clear he was prepared to go to any lengths to have me back even if it meant committing murder.

The memory of him—cold, ruthless, and violent—haunted me. I recalled the terror of those moments when he had taken my life, over and over, with a cold detachment that left me feeling utterly powerless.

It had been a while since I had been so over