Celeste
It was all my fault!
Gabriel had turned because I hadn't been strong enough to do what Victor wanted.
I hadn't been able to stomach forcing so many innocents to their deaths!
And now he was gone!
I screamed my pain as I was left alone in my room.
I clutched my stomach, feeling Constance's and Gabriel's unborn children moving. They didn't understand what had happened. They wouldn't understand for a long time. All they could comprehend was that I was in pain. And they were trying to comfort me, even though I didn't deserve it.
I was afraid they would figure it out. I was afraid they would eventually hate me for what I'd ultimately done to both their mother and father.
I'd been responsible for both of their deaths.
A movement at my door startled me. I looked up and saw a very
