Natalie~
I couldn't believe my eyes. My heart stopped, a jagged shard of ice lodged in my chest as I stared across the blood-soaked floor. Nathan. His name clawed its way through my mind, a poison that burned hotter than any flame. The man who had made Zane and his father suffer so much was suddenly standing in front of me. He stood there, smirking, his dark hair gleaming under the flickering chandeliers like some twisted mockery of a king surveying his kingdom. The bodies of his own kin lay broken around him, their blood pooling in ugly distorted patterns, and yet he stood untouched, his arrogance a living thing that choked the air all around us. How could he be here? After everything, how could he stand there, grinning like a demon?
"It's Nathan," I whispered through the bond, my voice trembling with a fury so raw it felt like it might tear me apart. Jasmine snarled within me, her rage vibrating through my bones, a primal drumbeat urging me to rip and tear.
