Violet
The words came out sharper than I expected. They sounded hard and empty in my ears, like something I’d learned to say when I had nothing left to lose. I never imagined I would speak like that. But since Sebastian jumped off the bridge, everything that used to make me soft had been stripped away.
There wasn’t room for niceties anymore. The only things keeping me moving now were Sebastian waking up, Hades standing with me, and my revenge. I didn’t care that I was changing, none of these people had cared when I’d been kind.
They all froze. The room went so quiet you could hear a pin drop. My aunt stared at me like I’d morphed into someone she didn’t know, while Riley began biting her nails, eyes flicking between hatred and fear. The idea that I had power now made her entire face a
