VALEN

“No!”

Miriam and Thalia screamed in shock as the sound of his spine breaking resounded in the hall. I let him drop to the ground and I watched blood gather in his mouth.

I was disappointed at the easy death he got, fury took over me and now I couldn’t do justice to his body like I had always wanted to do, or could I?

I flashed my claws in his face before tearing his face and digging out his heart. Thalia kept screaming and crying but Miriam only mumbled since Thalia hugged her in an attempt to stop her from witnessing the death of the king, or should...