Verret's PovI stood there, half-shadowed by the tall pillars of my hall, and watched it all unfold, the perfect tragedy.Malric and Delilah. The two lovers, tangled in heartbreak, tearing each other apart right before me. Her voice cracked when she told him she never wanted to see his face again, and I swear, something inside me thrummed with dark satisfaction.Finally.Things were falling into place.For the first time in a long while, I felt something close to peace-twisted, cruel peace-but peace nonetheless. Delilah's hatred toward him meant one thing: she'd turn away from Malric, and the moment she did, she'd turn to me.I let my eyes trail over her trembling figure, the tears streaming down her cheeks. Even broken, she looked divine. Like a flame struggling to stay alive in a storm.Malric's lips parted as if to speak again. "Delilah, please, I-""No!" she shouted, cutting him off, voice echoing across the marble floor. "I said I don't want to see you again, Malric! Leave!"But
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