Chapter 54: The Choice That Breaks Everything
Kael's POV
By the time I stepped into the room, whatever restraint I had been holding onto was already gone.
I didn't need an explanation. I didn't need anyone to tell me what had happened. I had heard enough standing outside that door to know exactly what Ivy had done, and more importantly, what she had intended to do next.
My gaze went straight to Liora first. She looked worse than when I left her. Too pale. Too still. The kind of stillness that didn't belong to someone resting, but to someone fighting to stay conscious.
Something inside me snapped completely at the sight.
Then I looked at Ivy.
She was standing too close to the bed, her body angled toward Liora like she still had a place there, like she hadn't just admitted to poisoning her minutes ago.
For a moment, I said nothing. I let the silence sit, heavy and deliberate, until she felt it.
Then I spoke. "What did you just say?"
