That she could have him.
She had betrayed her duty. She had risked her mission, her mother, her own life... all for the sake of the truth.
"Moon Goddess," she whispered through her sobs, her voice cracking, breaking, dissolving into the agony choking her. "Forgive me... protect me... please..."
But there was no answer.
Only silence.
And the unbearable, suffocating emptiness where Kaius had been.
--
Kaius stormed into his room, slamming the door behind him with enough force to rattle the walls. His chest rose and fell in harsh, uneven breaths, his whole body trembling as if barely able to contain the fury, the anguish, the sheer torment that raged inside him like an uncontrollable wildfire.
His hands curled into fists at his sides, nails biting into his palms so hard that he felt th
