The Emperor's Daughter by H. M. Angues

Author:H. M. Angues [Angues, H. M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B07M9GXV8Q
Goodreads: 43437232
Published: 2019-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

Calla

The pain on my back and in my ribs is compared to the searing, white-hot agony in my leg as he brutally yanks the dagger from my flesh. I would sink into the sand and cry if it weren't for Kainan's hand around my neck, holding me at eye level.

Those eyes. They’re Ramsey’s blood-red, not his kind blue. “Kainan,” I plead, trying desperately to coax out any piece of him that’s still in there.

My hands claw at his hold around my throat, but he isn’t squeezing enough to choke me. Just hold me there, in front of him. I take one hand and touch his cheek, repeating his name.

I squeeze my eyes shut for just a second, but it’s long enough. Long enough for the pain of losing my mother all those years ago, and then my brother, and my father to come rushing back. Being tortured at Ramsey’s hand. What one of her men did to me back in Louvelle Prison.

The physical pain of not having Kainan, not giving into the bond we share. The emotional pain of being torn between the two brothers; wanting Kainan, but not wanting to hurt Rysen. And not knowing which is more important to me.

It’s too much. For a moment, I forget about my empire and all the people I’m supposed to be fighting for. Screw Jed’s plan. I can’t take this. I can’t go on carrying this agony. Whatever damned phenomenon that created the bond is tearing my body to shreds.

Only, it isn’t my body anymore. It does not feel like my own. My skin crawls everywhere he touched. I want to step out of my own flesh and leave it here to be destroyed by the harsh desert.

I want to run away from all the pain and all the responsibility. I want to throw my middle finger up to it all and just have what I want for once. I want Kainan, but I don’t want to hurt Rysen. And another small part of me questions whether I still want Rysen or not, too. I want to be rid of this cursed body, now tainted and destroyed by a wretched man. But I can’t have any of that. Instead, I only have suffering.

I don’t want to suffer anymore.

“If you’re in there,” I plead, “end it.”

I feel the sword find its mark.

I take in his face one last time, in that final second when my Kainan returns, no longer Ramsey’s pawn. Light brown hair, soft blue eyes, handsome features. And the horror on that face as he realizes what he’s done.

I want to tell him how I feel. That I love him. But I never get my chance.

The darkness washes over me like a cool waterfall.

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