"Stop," Ashlynn said as soon as she realized that Nyrielle was planning to leave. "If you love me, if you really, really love me, then don't go. Just, just stay right there," she added as she screwed her eyes shut and clutched her head.
It had only been a few minutes since she woke, and already she felt like she'd been cast adrift at sea in the middle of a storm.
Jocelynn had betrayed her because she wanted to be with Owain. The pain of that discovery flared within her mind like a searing hot brand, and thinking of it provoked an answering fury and rage that demanded blood be spilled.
But Joceylynn wasn't here, and neither was Owain. Nyrielle was though, and the way she'd betrayed Ashlynn, using the Mesmerizing Gaze to fill her mind with happiness and joy that her heart wasn't capable of feeling at the moment, just to keep her prisoner here.. It hurt. It hurt more than Ashlynn had thought that Nyrielle was capable of hurting her.
