Chapter Twenty-Eight
The final look Cole Rhodipus gave his sister would be forever burned into Dell’s mind. Eyes blazing with both fury and desperation as he watched her breathing slow. A jaw clenching and unclenching as he fought to keep any emotion from flickering across his face.
It was painfully obvious to anyone who watched him.
He may have hated his lot in life, but his sister had existed outside of the burning embers of his pain. She’d been the light in the otherwise dark world.
Dell knew because she acted as the same guiding force for him. And they were both going to lose her.
Cole issued orders to his men to escort Dell from the palace along with the near-dead princess. Estevan bent to kiss her cheek, a single tear breaking the facade of strength he emitted.
“Go.” Edmund’s v
