Ready for Battle

Silas

My heart bled as I peeked at the ex-lovers. Having them together was more intense and heated than I had thought. I felt sorry for them, they were caught in a web of conspiracies and were victims of circumstances.

What if the adults did their job? What if they weren't greedy? Those two might have been together and their love would have blossomed.

When Vera accepted Blake's rejection, I saw him quake and my heart bled. The tiny bit of humanity that bound them together was shed off.

In that instance, the anger in Vera's eyes turned murderous. Blake became nothing but one of the bastards that she wanted to kill to avenge her parents' death. But with a brave restraint, she stopped herself and walked out on him.

"Vera!!!" He yelled her name but she was done.

Love has always been complicated. As for me, I had seared my emotions and love was out of the picture. No love, no fated mate, just the throne!

Heaving a sigh, I lifted the lid to the dungeon to return to my bedroom. I wanted to d