CASPIAN The door slammed against the wall with a violent c***k as I stormed into my chambers. I kicked the nearest table, sending a vase crashing to the floor, and spreading shards of glass on the floor. I was boiling with rage, burning from the inside out with a fury I couldn’t control, couldn’t swallow. My hands shook, and my vision blurred. I had been deceived, so easily and stupidly. I punched the wall with brute force, and pain shot up my arm, but even that wasn’t enough. I wanted more. I wanted something to hurt enough to match the chaos ripping through my chest. I dragged a hand through my hair and cursed at myself. “foolish,” I muttered under my breath. “You are so damn stupid, Caspian.” How had I fallen for Ariana’s lies? How had I stood there, eyes and ears open, yet I st

