Madeline’s Pov.
I’ve always wondered what it’d feel like to kill Skylar. Dreamt about it even but now that he was actually dead, I felt… nothing. Oh, apart from the immense pain it cost me.
I thought I’d die from it. It made me hate him more but the good thing about it was, I was free, finally. It took me his death to finally be free from their grasp.
And I didn’t feel sorry one bit. Not for how he died or what happened between us before he did. I knew the day was going to come soon after his father denounced him. I just didn’t expect it to be this soon.
Someone must have challenged him to seize his power. Whoever this person was, he better be good.
“You’re awake.” I notice Aliya walk inside the room but I was still staring blankly, unblinkingly at the ceiling with thoughts of the red
