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Chapter 112 Kill Me

“I’m coming out of retirement,” Dad says, “to fix this mess you’ve made. Reports have been coming in. All our allies are either dead at the scene or arrested. We’re vulnerable right now, and you’re in no position to lead.”

“But Dad—”

“Was he worth it?”

His question cuts through me sharper than any knife. It’s accusatory. It’s bitter. And it amplifies the agony I’m in.

Mom puts her hands on her hips. “Princess! Don’t be an ass.”

Without another word, he leaves with my uncles in tow.

Exhaustion bears down on me. Between my injury and my sorrow, I can barely find the will to keep my eyes open. There’s a hole where my heart should be. It’s uncomfortable, cold, and I feel incomplete.

Even as Mom and Cassandra rush over to tell me everything’s going to be okay… Even as Aunt Natalia says she’ll put me on painkillers to manage the pain… Even as I lie down and let the world crumble around me… I suddenly realize nothing matters if I can’t have him.

Squeezing my eyes shut, I try to drown out my
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