Chapter 76
Annalise
The weight of the revelations from last night pressed heavily on my chest. I always said I hated them, the Princes. I was jealous of their power, their privilege, and their authority since the moment I first met them—or at least, that’s what I had convinced myself to believe. The whole night had passed without a moment of sleep, my mind too overwhelmed to rest. None of this felt real, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t make sense of it all.
How did it come to this? How did I find myself in this position?
As the first rays of sunlight broke through the trees, I stood outside, the cool morning air doing little to calm the storm inside me. My body trembled, the weight of the information from last night sinking deeper into my bones.
I was the heir of the Fallen
