The curse had been lifted, and that bloody, twisted bond between us was broken. I could finally breathe without my lungs screaming and my heart seizing up.So this was what freedom felt like.I casually tossed the knife onto the table and said, "Drevan, it's time to repay what you owe me."The wine glass slipped from his hand and shattered on the floor. His body went rigid, as though someone had hit him with a taser. Even his once rosy complexion turned deathly white in under a second. Sweat broke out across his forehead in fat droplets.His mouth gaped open, but the pain was so intense that he couldn't even cry out."Dear, what's wrong?" Belle kept shaking his arm, completely oblivious.That final jolt from her broke him, and a bloodcurdling scream echoed throughout the banquet hall.Drean's knees buckled, and he collapsed hard onto the floor."My back… My back!"His hands scrabbled behind him, his nails tearing his tuxedo jacket to shreds. The fabric ripped apart, and ever
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