-Claire’s P.O.V.-
I felt as if something had been snatched from me the moments those words left his mouth. Something important.
He is already dead.
Logically, it made sense. Caine had already lost in a fair fight against Landon. If he was to go against him again, it would surely end the same way. So, using the situation to improve his chances was the right course of action. It’s what anyone would do to take out a formidable threat.
But my brain couldn’t accept it.
I was becoming senseless.
Promise me. Promise me you are not going to leave me.
I won’t.
Landon wouldn’t lie to me. He told me he would stay.
And he did. And at the end, that’s what killed him.
My mouth opens with the realization, yet nothing comes out. It’s all compressed into my lungs, unabl
