Edrick’s POV
She was shaking so hard I thought she might break in my arms. And for some reason, it felt like I was the one falling apart. My chest tightened with every sob that escaped her lips, and I held her closer, like maybe if I held on tight enough, I could stop her pain from spilling any further.
“It’s okay,” I whispered against her ear, the words rough, desperate. “It’s okay, I’ve got you.”
But it wasn’t okay. Nothing about this was.
Her tears soaked through my shirt, her small body trembling as she cried into me, and all I could do was hold her like my life depended on it. I’d seen pain before, in boardrooms, in battles for power, in betrayal. But this… this was different. This was raw. Personal.
I had sensed something off about her twin.
the coldness behind her eyes, the w
