I focused on healing at the foreign coven's sanctuary, ignoring news from home.Isolde visited nearly every day to help with my recovery.The days passed peacefully enough.But for Damien, everything spiraled into chaos.After a week without finding me, he lost control.He drowned himself in Deadblood Wine, barely staying conscious.In a drunken rage, he challenged another Lord in the streets.The fight left him critically wounded in the healers' ward.His old friend, the apothecary Elara who had poisoned my bloodline, finally confronted him:"Shall I tell you the truth? Serena was conscious during the Purified Essence injection. She heard everything, even though she couldn't move.""I saw her tears fall as the Purified Essence burned through her veins.""Damien, you broke her completely. She won't return.""I warned you from the start - you and Serena were true Blood-Bonded. Vivienne was just an academy fling, a shadow that should have faded.""You were lost in memories. Serena could
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