Chapter 16 Back To Square One

The sound of the door slamming still echoed through the corridors when Alaric descended the stairs with long strides, shoulders tense, jaw clenched. Rage boiled beneath his skin, laced with a bitter disappointment he refused to name. He had no heart—so why did her words cut so deep? Why did it feel like pain in his soul? In the end, Eulalia saw him exactly as the goddess did when she tore his heart from his chest…