Chapter 156

• Rose’s pov
• I couldn’t believe my eyes. It felt unreal—like my mind had slipped into a nightmare I couldn’t wake from. One moment my aunty was alive, whispering that it was going to be alright… and the next, her head was rolling across the floor. I had never screamed so loud in my life, yet somehow everything still felt silent, like the world had gone numb with me.
• My mates’ father—he was the one who delivered the killing blow to my precious aunty. And he’d said so casually to my father that my head would be next.