Chapter Seventy Six

LUCY

I watched as Nathan’s lifeless body lay on the floor of the battlefield. My heart felt as though it had fallen into a cactus and it has been punctured a million times over by tiny pins. I couldn’t hold the heartbreak any longer and I fell to the floor in a disheveled heap as my grief poured out in a flood of uncontrollable tears.

“Nathan…… why did it have to be you?” I cried.

Nathan wasn’t just a friend to me, he was a pillar of strength, and the void he had left echoed through my soul. Though we had our issues in the past I still loved him a whole lot.

I saw Cade weeping at his fallen son, a rare vulnerability that I never knew was part of him. I watched as he was led away to the dungeon, his pain lay bare. At that moment, I saw his love for his son, even in the heart of darkness. I didn’t know if I should pity him considering that his actions led to the death of his son, my dear friend.

With no one else to give Nathan a proper farewell, I decided to seek the help of an unlike