Chapter 376 – Hollow
Rose looked at Asael, then slowly slid her crimson eyes toward her hand, dangling beside him.
The words of Asael echoed inside her. Loud and sharp. And she forgot to breathe. Her eyes became redder, this time a red of pure agony.
Her chest constricted, her mouth begging her to open it for air to get in. But the Princess of Drought kept it closed.
For she knew that opening it meant opening a dam, and she would break in front of Asael.
She could not.
She had lowered herself for love. She sought forgiveness for love. And yet… it was not enough.
I was never enough.
Her head became dizzy, as the last ember of hope she had for a life worth living disappeared into the cover of merciless shadows.
She shrank back into herself, then staggered back. One step. Two steps. She swayed and fell.
Her left ankle twisted ugly, a loud crack echoing through the shadowed space.
