Chapter 50

• Belle***
• Victor's voice slithered into the silence, like a serpent coiling around my heart. "How does it feel, Belle?" he taunted, each word dripping with venom. "To be the reason someone else dies?" His presence filled the room, suffocating and oppressive, as though the very air had turned to poison.
• I froze, my heart hammering painfully in my chest. I couldn't tear my eyes away from Lena's lifeless form, the warm blood still staining my hands. My body trembled, my throat tight with the weight of guilt that threatened to crush me under its force.