I denied it.

But the truth was, I was falling for them. Every emotion and every feeling belonged to them. I hated them, I loathed them, I envied them for having so much power over me, I was jealous when someone was intimate with them, and now that Cassius lay motionless, lifeless in my lap, I was scared for him. I-I did not wish him to die.

I refused to blame the bond anymore. I was theirs from the moment their shadows caged me.

‘On the contrary, you’re the most beautiful woman here.’

I remembered his words the first time we met. And my tears fell harder, he couldn’t be...