King Braedon POV My voice was filled with bitterness and fury. I felt my fists clenching as I swung my hand down and hit the floor with frustration. Blair put a hand on my shoulder but I could not be comforted. Even now, the pain of what my mother had been forced to endure, just so she could be with her son and daughter, hurt me more than I could bear. "She loved you Braedon. She was willing to sacrifice herself for you. That's love" Blair said quietly. "But what about her?" I choked out "She deserved to find happiness as well. Instead, all she had was years of misery and..." my voice broke and my shoulders slumped "And eventually it didn't even matter," I said gloomily "because there's only so much you can do until eventually it becomes too much for that person to cope with. There we