Two Future's One Choice

[Catherine Volkovitch POV]

A wave of sorrow washed over her as she listened to his heartbreaking plea. She knew that his pain ran deep and felt a profound sense of compassion for him despite the atrocities he was about to commit.

In a voice heavy with sorrow and determination, he declared, "Because of their cruelty, because of their emperor's actions, all the Novgorodian people will perish from Thrylos along with their allies."

Catherine's heart sank as she realized the extent of his vengeance. She knew there would be no mercy, no reprieve from the wrath of the Draconian Army.

She watched as Archer commanded his soldiers to butcher the survivors. "Show them no mercy! These are the people responsible for the deaths of my girls, for the deaths of your queens! They have taken from us that which can never be replaced. That which will haunt us for eternity."