Chapter 62

What is the loneliest day of my life? It might be today, watching my whole world fall apart, and all I can do is stare blankly.

I couldn't stop sobbing while staring at the dark sky. How many more bodies will fall for me? How much more blood will flow? How many more lives will be sacrificed? How many goodbyes will I hear?

My chest hurts. It hurts. I tried to fight; I tried to be strong, but why does it always end in death? Why does something always have to be lost? Why does someone have to tax their lives?

Two princes lay lifeless before me. The blood is mixing in my body—my own blood and even the blood of the two princes who chose death just for me. I want to touch them, I want to hug them, and I want to whisper to them gratitude and endless apologies.

"Why? Why? Why?!" I shouted. I couldn't move my body; I was weak.

No one can come near me, not even my brothers, because they are all busy protecting not only me but the whole of Parsua, which is in danger of b