Chapter 205
Annalise
Helen’s voice trembled as she stood straighter, even in her disheveled state. “She’s killing herself trying to make you happy. She tiptoes around you. She hides the child away. She works until she collapses, skips sleep, skips meals, just to prove she’s still worthy of being your mate. And you let her.”
Cassian opened his mouth to argue, but Helen didn’t let him.
“Do you know she’s been sleepwalking?” she demanded. “That she’s so sleep-deprived she’s begun forgetting things? That she hasn’t held Dimitri for more than an hour a day because she’s scared you’ll feel replaced?”
My lungs squeezed tight.
“She looks like a ghost,” Helen hissed. “But still, she shows up to court. She manages the kingdom. She greets you with a smile. She makes love to you when she should
