Amelia’s POV
I looked at Klaus, down on his knees, his whole body shaking. A bitter smile crept onto my face, not the kind that comes from happiness, but from the twisted satisfaction of seeing him like this. Pitiful. Weak. Afraid.
He stared back at me with pure hatred in his eyes, and I knew… if the King wasn’t here, he would have snapped my neck without thinking. But right now, I didn’t care. I wanted him to feel the way I’ve felt for so long, powerless.
But then, the room started spinning. My vision blurred, my head felt heavy. I didn’t know if it was the wolfbane I had taken to stop my healing, or if my body had finally given up on me. My eyelids grew heavier with each blink, until I couldn’t fight it anymore. The darkness swallowed me whole.
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When I woke up, the f
