For the first time in the longest, I felt powerful, driven with need and rage. All this energy I had been suppressing inside me came to surface and sprinted through my veins. My heart still trembled in my chest, forcing me remember humanity even when most of me was consumed by the poison and its effects.

There was only silence where I stood. The hall was quiet as if someone had just died, though, death was still on the doorway, knocking to let itself in.

"I didn't come here to fight with you, Hycinth." She shook her head, her crocodile tears barely spilling on her white, pale cheeks. "I'm sorry...