Andrei’s POV
She fell over the cliff, and my world shattered.
“NATALIA!”
I stumbled forward, cutting my hands on the jagged rocks as I fell to my knees. I reached for her, but it wasn’t enough. My arms weren’t long enough, palms weren’t large enough. I wasn’t fast enough, wasn’t good enough, wasn’t enough.
The last I saw of her were those eyes staring up at me. Clear, wide, full of love and grief and self-blame.
She let him carry her over the edge. Whether because she blamed herself for Damon or simply from the shock of it, I couldn’t tell. But it didn’t matter.
Natalia was gone, disappearing beneath the clouds without so much as a scream. The dress she wore was covered in blood, fluttering around her legs as she and the monster that called himself a “King” careened into the swirling
