ELEANOR’S POVThey killed him.They fucking killed him.I stood there in the morgue, the smell of antiseptic and cold steel clawing at my throat as I stared at what was left of Lucan Rhys — my father. His body lay covered on the metal table, headless, mutilated, looking nothing like the great man I once knew him to be. His skin was pale, lifeless… alien. I wanted to look away, but I couldn’t. Every part of me wanted to scream, to vomit, to run and yet my feet refused to move.A thousand emotions tore through me at once — rage, sorrow, fear, bitterness, emptiness, but most of all, vengeance.Amira’s call still echoed in my ears, her frantic voice trembling as she broke the news. I could still hear it, even now — like a knife carving through my chest.Earlier, I’d been in the car, my pulse still pounding from the chaos at the city square. Everything had spiralled out of control so fast. I kept replaying the scene in my mind — the shouting, the fear, the people scattering and that woman…
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