From His Shield to His Nightmare
“Are you sure you want to destroy it with your own hands?”
My calmness unnerved him, sparking a flicker of panic.
He looked away, refusing to meet my eyes, his tone even colder and more forceful. “Shut up. This has nothing to do with you.”
Nothing to do with me.
I said nothing more. I just watched.
Watched as he, for another woman, personally tortured our last shred of history to death.
The purification incantation echoed in the quiet room, a soul-tearing screech.
Nyx let out a piercing shriek, not like a bird, but like an infant being dismembered alive.