Chapter 54 Initiative

• Drawen held up my face, a storm brewing in his deep eyes: “Everything Jocelyn has now will no longer belong to her. Mari will fall from grace, the suffering you and your parents endured…”
• He rubbed my cheek with his thumb. He continued, “I will make you see with your own eyes how they fall from the clouds into hell step by step.”
• I stared at the fierce flash in his eyes, but when he looked into mine, they were full of tenderness. My chest felt tight, bitterness and gratitude tangled together.