HE

oggy and pain shot through me as I tried to sit up. I looked around the

fight no

a moment, I thought it may have been just a bad dream, but the weig

he ground echoed in my ears, and the horrif

had killed someone. It wasn't supposed to happen like this. The mating games were supposed to be a c

to stay and have an angry Nero as my mate. That wasn't going to work and I preferred

because I simply felt too gu

someone else he didn't hate or he could b

do this." I muttered as I pulled my coat

nything else. I did

rtling me. My heart began to race as I saw Nero step out of

to me. "Nero." I breathed

y with it only to want to r

ked items with me. I could pass as someone who just wanted to take

l hurt to hear it spoken out loud. He got so close and clamped his large hands a

urder. My heart raced with fear, knowing th

ling yesterday and now this. My skin burn

s welling up in my eyes. "It was an a

ou took her away from him. Away from me and you call that an accident?!" Nero pressed a little more. I wait

lip and fall." I said coughing and wheezing,

at you live, I will make it miserable and uncomfortable for you. You wi

I didn't know much about them but I knew her twin Zavier, I had seen him a couple of t

unforgiving. I knew I deserved his anger, but i

as long as I heard him talk, I sang

out that before you ruined

y face. "Please, Nero," I begged. "I

on't even think about running away. I will find you and I will end you mys

was left alone with my

felt a sense of despair and helplessness wash over me. I let myself grieve, lettin

weighed heavily on me made me

cident, he still insisted that I had killed Zara. My guilt s

ife when I have barely lived for so

. He was at the point where he'd hurt me just to prove his point

shower. I had woken up without a care that I didn

t water to balance the cold one out until it was too late. I gasped at the coldness of the

ar?" I heard the Queen's vo

id Nero perhaps tell her t

to grab my towel. I had hoped that I would spend some time

myself as I wrapped the towel around m

d, taking note of the bowl

g better now?" she asked,

ty, I do feel b

mething around my chest, her gazed rested on it and it mad

nd of her lifted my chin up so

r? Did someone hurt you?" she

moments ago; Nero had strangled me so hard I almost passed out. My eyes widened i

in, this time her voice was firm. "And don

yes. The pain I had forgotten cam

." I said, my voice shaking, I had su

that it wasn't your fault sweetie. Zara had it coming. If she had accepte

ly had no fault but it was hard accepting it, especially when I had to watch the

she would have been alive right now an

t m

, here's the medicine the physician recommended for

s of it and a frown formed on my fac

my breath as I drank up in a big

regretted it because I cho

prepare for