°•♡Chapter 59~ Where it Hurt the Most

The moment I entered my room, the mask I'd worn for so long slipped. The weight of emotion pressing down on me.

I closed the door behind me, leaning against it as I tried to ground myself. But it wasn't enough. Not when I felt like a storm was raging in my chest.

My legs gave out, and I sank to the floor, cradling my knees to my chest as I struggled to breathe.

I’d held it all in for too long. I pushed all my emotions away so I could be strong, for the people I led and for my children and for myself.

I told myself I didn’t need answers. That I didn’t care. That it was all behind me.

But I’d been lying.

Lucien’s words kept replaying in my head. It wasn’t just the anger in his voice, or the accusation—but the way he looked at me. Like he was so certain I was guilty.

And worse… it felt like he had never truly known me at all. To have been so easily deceived by Selene.

I pressed the back if my palms to my eyes, but it didn’t stop the tears. They came hot and relentless. I wasn’t ev