Gillian My conscience could no longer endure the sight before me... Rusha’s followers cut down the servants of Vampire King Magnush one by one. Every life that fell felt like another shred of my own humanity being ripped away. With each body hitting the ground, guilt clawed deeper into my chest, until there was nothing left but one unbearable truth. I had to choose. So I made a decision I knew was wrong... but at that moment, it was the only path I could see. I surrendered. And I chose to go with Rusha. There was another reason pushing me toward that choice.... one I refused to name at first. I could no longer see love in Freyah’s eyes. The warmth that once lived there had been devoured by anger and hatred... emotions born from my own failures. I couldn’t blame her. I was the weak on

