Aria’s POV
And I’m not going to hold back anymore.”
I stumbled over nothing and collapsed to the ground. My tears wouldn’t stop falling.
“For years…”
The woman seemed to shrink inside herself, her features folding in with guilt. Her skin was ghostly pale now.
“This is all my fault. I’m sorry, Aria.”
And in that moment, everything inside me shattered. I didn’t move. Couldn’t was the better choice. The pain in my chest was damn real. It felt as if someone was clawing through my ribs with glass-covered hands, digging gently until they found my heart and ripped it out clean.
My eyes snapped shut. When would this pain be over? And I was supposed to go through it again, three more times? No. I wouldn’t survive that. I turned to the woman… no, the presence that knelt beside me, trembl
