Chapter 148

Delaney

Blood flowed from both wrists to my hands, dripping onto the floor, inside a basin from my fingertips. The more they cut me, the more my head pounded like it was going to explode. I couldn't have guessed how long my mother and the dark witch had tortured me, but I knew if they kept on going, I would not only lose my babies but also end up dying. While that was supposed to stir some type of emotion within me, nothing of that sort happened.

"It's a good time to break the bond completely now," my mom stated, her voice sounding closer to me. "Without your emotions, all you will feel is physical pain. But you will wish to feel the emotional one, because you won't feel your bond evaporating or the distress that should come with it. Without feeling, you won't be able to fight for it; you will just accept the pain."

I closed my eyes at her words