“...Still, you knew she couldn’t take it, and you let him put her through it.”“I just wanted—”The voices are distant and familiar, but I can make out each individual word, and it's almost like I can feel the emotions behind them.One sounds pained...the other sounds guilty...or indifferent, I can't exactly pinpoint.“You wanted what? To know if a human is capable of bringing Goldencrest down?”Silence stretches between the voices, thick and tense.“Don’t get too comfortable, Cass,” the male voice says, cold and cutting. “I’m still your prince.”A scoff follows.My eyelids flutter open, heavy and reluctant. The light overhead stings my eyes, and I wince. Everything aches—every muscle, every joint, even my bones feel sore. Shivers rack my body as if I’m lying on ice, but I’m too weak to move.When my vision clears, I see Caspian towering over Cassidy, glaring down at her. Cassidy is holding my hand, her grip firm, defiant as she stares back at him with unyielding determination.Thei
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