MY CRUEL PROTECTOR
The ghosts vanished.
And then, the sound of a cry broke the silence.
It wasn't a digital scream. It was the high-pitched, thin, and perfectly human cry of a newborn baby.
I fell back against the pillows, gasping, my body feeling like it had been put through a meat grinder. The violet light in my eyes faded to a soft, lingering lavender. The crown on Nevan’s head hissed, the metal glowing red-hot before it shattered, falling to the floor in pieces.