Tazmin's POV...
I still cannot comprehend everything that had been revealed; how could I have been so stupid? I trusted Kaide with all my heart, my sworn brother in battle, who was always there for us.
How couldn’t I have seen the brewing plan between him and Alvira? All this time I was blinded to the truth; a stupid part of me had tried to push the guilt down and had tried to get Rygan to believe that their punishment for Elise was justified. I never knew I was being brainwashed into it by my friend, whom I sought as family.
But they had planned it all. And I played a part in it, a pawn in their game, and I believed Kaide time and time again when he told me Elise's body couldn’t be found; we all did, and so I stopped asking.
He was the one who told me to pursue my happiness and not th
