CHAPTER FORTY
I stared into the emptiness of the space dancing before my eyes, trying to make sense of my life right now. Emptiness ruled over every part of me. Only pain scouted through every nerve of my lithe body. I did not even hear the doors to my chambers open or even someone walking in until I heard the familiar voice.
“It’s time Elizabeth,” Theo’s voice was low and grief-stricken, even though he tried to hide it. The past three days had been nothing but hell. Even when I tried to come in terms with the truth that Leon was gone from my life forever, my brain refused to accept it. Instead, even when I got the tiniest wink of sleep, I’d wake up, hoping I would see him smiling at me and telling me it was all nothing but just a bad dream. But it was no dream and that did not make t
