Chapter 165

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They could all flee and tremble if the wanted. I worldn’t be here long enough for it to matter. My time in this golforsaken place was coming to an end. 1 had revenge to take, and David oh, David was next on my list

There was nothing here worth staying for, not a single thread holding me to this place. I would have to be a fool to te: those three back into my life, to te them again after all they’d done. They were burdens forced upon me by fate, weights! would gladly shed.

As I stood there, my mind flickered to the memories I couldn’t seem to erase. Every hurt, every tie, every broken promise they haunted me, gnawed at my soul like shadows in the dark. But I wouldn’t let that show. I wouldn’t wear my heart on my sleeve. Not anymore. I’d been through enough. I’d been shattered, scarred, and remade by pain. No more. I was done with vulnerability, done letting others think they could break me

“Open it,” I said curtly to the guard standing by the van. My tone left no room for questions. I must have scared him because I could see his face drain of colour as he hesitated, fumbling for the keys.

That’s when it hit me–I must have used my command on him without even realizing it. I needed to control it. Magic like mine wasz’t meant to be used carelessly, to bully and intimidate.

The memory of Lucian using his power on me surfaced, sharp and bitter. I remembered how it had twisted my stomach, made me feel small and trapped. I’d never wanted to make others feel that way, no matter what I thought of them. But maybe it was better if they saw me as a force to be reckoned with, if they finally understood that I didn’t belong to them.