Chapter 0369

I shook my head, but Enzo's gaze never wavered, and I knew that I couldn't hide it anymore.

"I'm afraid," I whispered. "I'm afraid that I'll need to kill Selena tonight. And when I was in the portal when we came to rescue you, I..." My voice faltered. I couldn't continue any longer, and another sob escaped my lips.

"I know," Enzo replied. "I've heard the legend. But it's just that. a legend."

"But what if it's not?" I cried. "What if I don't have a choice?"

Enzo shook his head. "Do you trust me?" he said.

tears with the back of my

fixed unwaveringly on me. I nodded, biting my lower

my hand, then began to lead me further into the tunnels. "All

to walk through the tunnels, Enzo's words echoed in my mind. They mixed with the words that Frank said earlier, was that all I needed to do? Have faith that things would work out? But there were so many things that could go

we reached the end of one of the tunnels. There was a wooden door at the end. Enzo put his finger over his lips to indicate for me to be quiet before he slowly pushed on the door, then

fact, I quickly realized that we seemed to be in some sort of enormous dining room. The room was dark and empty, and when Enzo stopped beside me and spoke, even his whispers echoed throughout the

banquet hall," he whispered. "It makes sense that there would be

that someone at your own party was poisoned or killed in some other way, the screaming, the people running around, the crying children... I tried not to

I noticed that the walls were painted with ornate depictions of what looked like

three times the size of any of

sharp breath

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