Chapter 46. Merciless

POV: Leah Darkwood

A loud whooshing of that thin leather material had cut her skin sharply — blood trickled down, covering some of the dried ones. She wasn’t screaming anymore because it wasn’t affecting her — not anymore.

Basically, she had experienced worse than that. She was already used to it. She was.

Besides, she already had a lot of scars from that particular object — if it wasn’t for the cream that Aeron had given her to erase the evidence from her skin.

But now, she might not be getting any cream from him anymore for she failed to be the Luna queen.

Leah swallowed hard, but her mouth was too dry now.

Bitterness started to drip into her system. It was cutting her heart deeper than the whip that her mother had been giving her.

The deep wrath reflecting from the king’s eyes was enough for her heart to break apart and make her emotions void.

All of her dreams crumbled down in front