Chapter 243

Leiah POV

The guards bowed in front of their King.

“What have you done?” Gareth asked in a deep, disembodied voice.

“Forgive us, Your Highness.”

That wasn’t Gareth, it was the power of the Midnight King talking.

If he wasn’t stopped, he’d create devastating chaos. Despite the exhaustion weighing me down, I dragged myself to him.

“Gareth, don’t do this. Come back,” I begged. “Come back to me.”

The ground beneath us trembled.

I reached for him and carefully curled my fingers around his arm. He turned his threatening gaze to me.

“Please…”

His nostrils flared, and his muscles relaxed. His eyes returned to normal, and the purple substance in his veins disappeared.

What the hell was that?

Gareth snatched my hands.

“Ouch!” I winced.

“Why the hell are you doing this? I told you to go wherever you wanted, not to clean the fucking courtyard!”

“I wouldn’t have done this willingly.”