Chapter 16 Back To Square One

• The sound of the door slamming still echoed through the corridors when Alaric descended the stairs with long strides, shoulders tense, jaw clenched. Rage boiled beneath his skin, laced with a bitter disappointment he refused to name. He had no heart—so why did her words cut so deep? Why did it feel like pain in his soul?
• In the end, Eulalia saw him exactly as the goddess did when she tore his heart from his chest…
• As a monster.