With every step forward I took towards Xander, I could feel the sickness rising against me and my conscience telling me this wasn't right. Xander stood in the doorway to the balcony with a smile on his face as he saw me. That simple smile broke me, and I could feel the tears beginning to roll down my face. I knew I was ruining the make-up that Dorian had spent all that time doing for me.
"Rosa, you look beautiful in the dress." His words cut through me, and my resolve to hurt him had broken. I knew I wouldn't be able to do it. I just had to hope now that this kind creature would take my life so that his brother wouldn't. I knew it had all been moving towards this. I knew that it was going to end in my death tonight.
"I can't do it," I whispered as I pulled the knife out from behind my dr
