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Why?
Just why was he forced to witness such a thing?
How many more times would he have to endure horrors like these?
His father was dead—beheaded. The enemy held his severed head in her hands.
The first time Louis saw his father die, he could not bear to watch; he had only found ashes and scattered bones afterward.
But this time… he could still see his father's face, twisted in pain and sorrow, weeping tears of blood.
What kind of nightmare was this?
For a fleeting moment, Louis considered ending his own life.
He no longer wanted to exist in this timeline. Everything had gone horribly wrong—Zorba was dead, and now his father too.
He wanted it all to stop.
He wanted to die and never wake again.
Now Louis finally understood: his power was no blessing. It was a vicious, malevolent curse.
What had he done in his life to deserve witnessing such an atrocity?
Was this punishment for being an ungrateful prince?
