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Chapter 30 - Many Faced.

~Zarek's POV~

As I watched her slip into unconsciousness, something in my heart thawed. Maybe it was the anger, maybe it was the earlier coldness, but I felt something slip away from me. Melt away from my hardened heart.

She looked battered… beaten. Lost. Hell, it seemed as though she's given up… she had talked to me like she wanted me to put her out of her misery; to kill her. And that made my already aching heart tighten even more.

As I watched the steady rise and fall of her chest, knowing that she was probably stuck in a deep slumber, I let out the shaky breath that I had been holding ever since I arrived here and crashed into the wall nearby.

 

From the moment I walked into these dungeons and found her sprawled on the floor, unmoving and lifeless, my heart broke.

I longed to get her out of here. To bring her out of this suffering, until her harsh words struck me even deeper than any knife would.

She'd told me death was far better than breathing in the same air as I did.

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