The Party Is Over

"She's my savior, nothing else." 

Islinda forgot how to breathe when Valerie said those words. It was almost as if he had ripped open her chest and rent her heart into pieces. He had denied her right in front of his family. Right in front of everyone. 

Was the time they spent together a lie? Was she the one deluded all this while? He was ashamed of her. Islinda remembered Valerie telling her that a fae and human relationship were not encouraged, but denying her in front of everyone? It was too much. 

He ruined her. 

He ruined her heart. 

What was the use of being here? The thought of seeing Valerie had strengthened her so she endured Aldric's games. Islinda had actually believed that Valerie would be able to save her. After all, he was the reason she was going through this. His psychopathic brother was after her because he assumed he - Valerie - was head over heels in love with her.