Olivia “Don’t leave me, Sebastian… please,” I sobbed, clutching his lifeless, blood-soaked body against mine. His skin was ice-cold, his chest unmoving, and I felt the world slip out from beneath me. I jolted awake with a strangled gasp, drenched in sweat, my lungs fighting for air. The room around me was still and silent, too silent, the shadows of the palace pressing in on me. But the fear clung like a second skin. That dream should have meant nothing—it was only a dream. Yet my chest burned as if it had carved itself into reality. I slid out of bed, my bare feet brushing against the cold marble floor, my nightdress flowing around my ankles. My body moved before my mind could catch up, dragging me out of the room. I didn’t even know where I was going. His chambers? To do what? Watch him sleep? Or worse, discover another woman tangled in his sheets? The thought stung sharper than I wanted to admit. It made me sick. I shook my head furiously, whispering under my breath, “You don’
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