The shattered crystal shards lay scattered across the white marble floor, glistening like frozen tears in the fading afternoon light that streamed through the towering bay windows. Vice remained on his knees for several long minutes, his forehead pressed against the cool cream velvet of the chair, his fingers digging so hard into the plush material that his knuckles turned a stark, bloodless white. The heavy, sweet scent of fresh jasmine poured back into the solarium from the manicured gardens outside, but to him, it smelled like an absolute mockery of his current state. It was a fragrance meant for high society and grand royal galas, not for a prince collapsing in his own sanctuary.Inside his chest cavity, the freezing vacuum throbbed with a rhythmic, agonizing pulse that made his breath come in ragged, shallow gasps. Every single beat of his heart felt like a physical pump draining his remaining supernatural strength, forcing it out into an endless, bottomless abyss.Get up, you ar
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