Annastasia Pov Bella was gone. The guards had dragged her away to the Northern Dungeons, where she would spend the rest of her life. The elders were rising from their seats, gathering their robes, speaking in low murmurs to one another. The witnesses were beginning to file out of the gallery. It was over.But I could not move.I sat in my chair beside Hector, my hands folded in my lap, staring at the empty space where Bella had stood. Her smile was burned into my memory. Her words echoed in my head like a song I could not stop hearing.This is not the end. It is only the beginning. You will see, Anna. Soon, you will see."Anna."Hector's voice was soft. His hand was still holding mine. I turned to look at him, and the concern in his dark eyes almost broke me."It is over," he said. "She cannot hurt you anymore."I wanted to believe him. I wanted to believe that Bella's threats were empty. The desperate words of a woman who had lost everything. But I knew her too well. Bella never sai
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