Chapter 256

Lysandra

The room was too quiet.

Too still.

This was going to be painful for both him and myself. I knew that him because it would be physical, for him it would be mental, and myself because I knew for a fact what it was to have to endure her pain. And I knew what it was to have to fight just to stand in our world to keep her away from you.

Even now, with the tension hanging in the air like smoke, no one dared to move when I stepped forward, as I walked toward him. Carter sat chained, shaking, his eyes darting like something hunted. Damon stood to the side, stiff and silent. Ethan’s jaw was locked. Sienna and Delilah were in the doorway, watching, waiting.

I knew that neither one of them wanted me to be here. They did not believe that I was strong enough to handle it. They also knew that if anyone was going to be able to handle it, it would be me. Giovanni had used me as a pawn to her. He broke me in ways that couldn’t be imagined. No one would d