Daphne's POV
Her fingers froze against the white gauze wrapped around my wounded hand. When she finally spoke, her tone could have frozen hell itself.
"You were the one who murdered without thought and incited chaos. Do not dare place that burden on my shoulders."
The words hit me like a physical blow.
"Everything worked out perfectly, did it not?" She continued binding my injuries with mechanical precision. "You will join the Azure of the Valley now. No more need for elaborate ceremonies. Despite your losses, you have gained far more than you lost."
But she could never understand what was truly destroying me from the inside. I could not speak his name aloud without feeling my entire world collapse. That was the real reason I was falling apart, and the agony was consuming me alive.
