Chapter 455:

“Emeriel—”

“If you were going to plunge a knife into my chest and drag the blade down to my belly, the least you could have done was give me a warning.” Her body began to tremble, each breath a shudder that seemed to shake her to the core.

“Two long years of misery. You would think that when the bond went to sleep years ago, it would end, wouldn’t you? But no, the wounds kept spreading until every part of me was raw and scabbed, Your Grace. And they never healed.”

Daemonikai groaned, anguish rolling through him like a dark storm. “I am sorry. I didn’t think it through at that moment. I thought setting you free was the best decision. I was hurting, Emeriel. Overwhelmed. I never meant to hurt you this way. Please believe me.”

“I do. And that’s what hurts the most, you know.” Her lips trembled with a bitter, hollow smile. “Because I see the sincere intention of an aggrieved man beneath it all. A man who truly regrets the way things unfolded.”

The male whose world had come crashing down, forced to face the world again. I understand that.”

Her head hit the tree behind her, the impact making a dull thud. “I only wish it helped with the pain.”

must have hurt. But she did it again, and again, as if trying to numb the pain inside by inflicting it on herself

Pinning her wrists above her head with one hand, the other slipped between

whispered, not missing a beat. “I lost count of how many

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sick. “Ukrae’s soul,”

to crawl out of my grave. I had to lose something so precious to claw my way back

in her eyes, only resignation, acceptance. And

dry eyes and detached tone struck him the hardest. Daemonikai would have preferred tears, even anger… something that suggested there was still

as he pressed his body closer

as clear as day. I would never want you to forget your family because of me, but I won’t be a replacement for them either.” Her voice was hoarse, weary, yet firm. “Plus, you don’t feel anything

countered, his ill soul

Pity, that too. But nothing more,” she conceded flatly. “You didn’t know Emeriel enough to feel more, Your

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