Syzar’s POV
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The moment I saw Muriel’s dead and pale body lying on the paved stone, there was nothing else that could hold me back.
Nothing else could hold the dark mocking voices that laughed in the back of my mind at my choices. *Your fault! Your fault!*
I had let Celeste come back into my life. I had let down my walls. Thought that her being Dregan’s daughter would change nothing.
Yet the moment I saw Muriel’s cold body and Nyssa’s explanation that Celeste had killed Muriel,
there was nothing that could stop that darkness from gripping my heart once more.
My steps were quick past the concrete floors of the Spring castle; my eyes burned with only one mission. I passed the courtyard.
My heart lodged in my throat as I neared the fort and Celeste’s prison. My throat holding a bit
