Chapter 191 Death

• Claire vanished into ash. I was so shocked that I couldn’t speak. I couldn’t think. I heard myself gasp, but the deep sadness I had felt the first time she had died wasn’t there this time. I should have been distraught, but I wasn’t.
• For the first time since I found out she was alive, I realized that our relationship had never had a chance to go back to what it had once been. We hadn’t talked about it. I don’t even think I thought about how much our relationship had changed, but seeing her vanish into a swirl of ash felt surreal.
• I felt so little. I felt… almost relieved somehow. I heard Damian cry out in frustration.