Chapter 124

Tazmin’s POV

I still cannot comprehend everything that had been revealed; how could I have been so stupid? I trusted Kaide with all my heart, my sworn brother in battle, who was always there for us.

How couldn’t I have seen the brewing plan between him and Alvira? All this time I was blinded to the truth; a stupid part of me had tried to push the guilt down and had tried to get Rygan to believe that their punishment for Elise was justified. I never knew I was being brainwashed into it by my friend, whom I sought as family.

But they had planned it all. And I played a part in it, a pawn in their game, and I believed Kaide time and time again when he told me Elise’s body couldn’t be found; we all did, and so I stopped asking.

He was the one who told me to pursue my happiness and not think of the past, who would have thought he needed me to be distracted with Vienna, who I was utterly in love with.

And even as my mate Vienna’s nights were filled with