Chapter 67 - Findings and Declarations

Hope POV

I walked out of the training room and so far I don't know how to feel, my body is heavy, and it's sore but it's nothing I can't handle. The problem is my mind. It hurts to know I'm hurting Dylan, it's in a way that I didn't imagine would happen. The link is in pieces, held together by a thin thread that is almost bursting and yet...

'Oh, dear... What do I do? Is there anything that can stop this pain?'

I thought.

It's almost the same as when Melvin and I used to fight, only more intense. I can't love Dylan.

"I can't..."

How do I convince my heart? Can someone tell me how to forget? Even now, as I walk toward my practice with Prince Erick, I remember what it feels like to have Dylan's warmth against me, to feel the touch of his lips against mine.

"God!"

I scream in my mind, but I know that the Gods are pleased with my pain, because for them my