CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE
Ceres sat in the dungeon on the damp floor, her back against the cold stone wall, fully defeated as an endless stream of tears trailed down her face. How—how was she to continue on? Thanos had left her. Nesos was dead. And worst of all, Rexus…
She let out a faint sob and inhaled a jagged breath as the memory came rushing back. Rexus, shot in the back, falling from her reach, backwards, out of the tower window. Torn away from her when they had been so close, so close to starting a new life together.
It was too cruel.
Ceres sobbed. There was nothing more to fear now, she realized. Not even her life mattered anymore, it seemed.
She did not know how much time had passed when she heard footsteps coming down the hallway. She didn’t move. She was beyond caring what the ro
