Chapter 454:

No. No, I’m not, Emeriel.

She was stronger than he’d ever given her credit for. Far stronger than her delicate frame suggested. Not just physically, but in every other way.

She had walked through fire, and it had changed her. Hardened her. It was evident in every aspect of her being—the way she moved, spoke, and looked. The guarded expression in her eyes.

Will she ever forgive me? Will she ever give us a chance?

Daemonikai let the bow and arrow slip from his grasp, clattering to the ground. In one fast move, he seized her shoulders and spun her around.

Moving with lightning speed, he pressed her against the rough bark of a nearby tree.

“What are you doing?!” Emeriel gasped, startled.

to me, Emeriel,” Daemonikai

don’t.” Fire blazed in her eyes, and her fists clenched

“I need to—”

want to hear it.” Desperation seeped into

“But I have to.”

fierceness that surprised him. Twisting away, pushing him, snarling at him, scratching anywhere she could get her hands

strength—or how angrily she would fight

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he easily subdued her, pinning her hands to her sides, his body pressed firmly against hers,

her head tilted back against the tree trunk, resignation replacing her struggle. Her eyes were squeezed shut, as if trying to block him out. “Just let

said, the words tumbling out with raw emotion. “From the depths of my heart and the bottom of my soul, I am so sorry. I should have never sent you away. I should have

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