Jonathan felt a heavy weight pressing on his chest. He could barely breathe.
Flora's face kept flashing in his mind. Angry. Hurt. Desperate. Then finally blank and empty.
He had thought she had changed. He had thought she had accepted her mistakes and decided to behave.
Scenes flashed across his mind. Her digging into a grave with bloodied fingers. Servants forcing her to bang her head against the ground until it bled. Her lying still on the ice, not moving at all.
All of it had been done by Nina.
And he had helped make it happen without even knowing.
Guilt crushed him. It felt like a blade twisting inside his heart. He once stood so high and untouchable. Now, he was curled up in his office, having a mental breakdown. Tears ran down his face uncontrollably.
"Flora, I am sorry! I am
