Bound To The Devil's Heir
She would have killed me not because of Matthias, not because of the empire, but because Damien looked at me instead of her.
My stomach turned, and I almost wished she had screamed, or cried, or begged. But this calm, steady hatred was worse.
Damien straightened slowly, pacing like a caged animal, his fists clenched so tight his knuckles were white. “You disgust me,” he spat.
Emilia leaned forward, chains clinking, her smile twisted. “Good. Maybe now you finally see me.”
Their words cut through me in ways I didn’t want to admit. A part of me almost pitied her. Almost. But then I remembered the way she had looked at me, the way she said she’d slit my throat, and pity withered into fear.
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