Cecilia didn't know how she would feel.
That was the truth of it. The whole way here, sitting in the passenger seat of the Hijet while Momo hummed and Bunny napped in the truck bed, she had turned this question over and over in her mind.
Facing the most Arzhen a version of Arzhen could be, she thought she would feel the pain in her heart again. The same pain she had felt in the real world.
The pain of a heart being ripped out of her chest.
In this world, her heart was intact. That was the difference.
In the real world, Arzhen had bonded with her, and the bond had nearly killed her.
But in this world, there was no bond. There had never been a bond. Her heart was and would always be whole.
But how would it feel when she looked at him again?
She had met him once before, in the School Romance scenario. But it wasn't him him. In that world, he was younger. He wasn't a beast.
