-LILIAN-
I didn't care about anything else anymore. Not my hatred, not my revenge, not his past.
Only saving him. Only the raw, undeniable pull of the bond that was threatening to take him from me forever. I was going to lose him. The monster I had hated, the king I defied, was dying. And a terrifying emptiness, a void I hadn't expected, began to open within me at the thought. I had to do something. Anything.
The air in the chamber grew heavy, thick with the scent of Alexander’s fading life. His tremors became violent, his breathing shallow. He was slipping away. My heart hammered, a desperate drum against my ribs. All my anger, all my hatred, vanished in a terrifying wave of panic. I couldn't let him die. Not like this.
"No! Alexander, fight! Please!" I begged, my voice raw, tearing
