NERO POV
I woke up confused.
Disoriented.
My head pounded. My shoulder burned. Everything hurt.
I tried to remember last night.
Fragments. Pieces. Like looking through shattered glass.
The curse hitting. Gold in my vision. Rage in my veins.
And Remi.
Stabbing me.
That memory was vivid. Crystal clear.
She'd grabbed the dinner knife. Driven it into my shoulder. Right where the venom was spreading.
I felt the impact. The pain. The blade sinking deep.
Making it worse.
Why would she do that?
I tried to remember more. What happened before the stabbing.
But those memories were blurry. Fragmented. Wrong.
Fighting? Yes. I think I grabbed her.
But after that... nothing. Just rage and darkness and her blade in my flesh.
She couldn't cure me last night.
Couldn't stop the curse with
