Chapter 653:

Emeriel swallowed against the lump in her throat.

“That’s the way it is, my dearest sister. But you will get through this, I promise.”

Out of the corner of her eye, Emeriel saw Lord Ottai, Madam Livia, and Amie watching them with concern.

She should probably be concerned about modesty, being naked in a room with a male, yet Emeriel couldn’t care less. Bending, she pressed a gentle kiss to Aekeira’s damp forehead.

“You will get through this.”

Aekeira shook her head.

“I don’t know how much longer… I can bear this. I don’t think I can…”

“Think about the positives, Keira,” Emeriel soothed, her own tears falling onto her sister’s hair.

“Now, you can bond with the love of your life. You always told me nothing good comes easily, right? See this agony as the new, shining light that it is. We will get through this together.”

went stiff, panic creeping into

my

Another wave was coming.

tears fell

not just

have to stay

wretched cry of sheer anguish tore from Aekeira as another

tangling her fingers into her own

from hurting herself, holding her tight while crying helplessly. She watched her sister break apart right in her arms, yet there was nothing she could do

the flames rose

through her in a consuming fire, dragging

distant haze of her suffering, she

situation!” Then the sound of hurried footsteps as Lord Ottai rushed out. And

was not the kind to long

shaped by battle and survival, she fought her way from the lowest to the position she held now. She had never allowed herself to yearn. Not for love. Not for warmth. Certainly not for something as unreal as

magic

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