Chapter 88: The Decision

A few minutes passed by in absolute silence.

Konstantin was dead. Cassian was dead. I guessed that the others were dead, too. Felix stared at his brother’s body unwaveringly. I wanted to go to him and offer him some kind of comfort. He’d tried to find a way out for him for centuries.

And now that he was out, he was forced to kill him himself.

Xander looked at me and said, “Jade, let’s go. Let’s get out of here.”

I looked back and forth between him and Felix. I didn’t want to leave him; I didn’t come all the way here just to free him and then walk out of his life like nothing happened. I didn’t want things between us to end so abruptly.

“Jade,” he said again, this time more firmly.

I glanced over at him, then raised a hand, gesturing for him to wait for a bit. I went down the front steps and then slowly approached Felix, who was too busy looking down at his dead brother.

He didn’t look up, even when I was just a few feet away from him.

“Felix?” I said.

Only then did he meet my g