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 listen to me, Emeriel,”

blazed in her eyes, and her fists clenched against

“I need to—”

to hear it.” Desperation seeped into her

“But I have to.”

Twisting away, pushing him, snarling at him, scratching anywhere she could get

that physical strength—or how angrily she would fight

com brings magic to

her sides, his body pressed firmly against hers, caging her

go,” she whispered, her head tilted back against the tree trunk, resignation replacing her struggle. Her eyes were squeezed shut, as if trying to

Daemonikai said, the words tumbling out with raw emotion. “From the depths of my heart and the bottom of my soul, I am so sorry.

sounds of birdsong and rustling

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