Liana’s POV
This wasn’t how it was supposed to go.
At all.
I kept replaying it in my head while I ran through the forest, branches whipping my face until I tasted blood.
The exact second her knees buckled and she hit the floor like someone cut every string holding her up.
Yesterday, when Abby’s eyes rolled back and she crumpled to the marble floor like a broken doll, I actually rubbed my hands together in excitement like a fool.
My heart was racing with this giddy, stupid hope. I thought… This is it. The moment she opens those perfect brown eyes, she’ll look straight at me and say the words I’ve been dying to hear.
“Liana… you’re the only one I see. You’re the only one for me. Let’s run away where no one can ever tear us apart.”
That’s exactly what the sorceress promised. One pi
