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(From Blue's Perspective)
Evelyn's mouth did not form any word. But her eyes did. And for so reason, those eyes seed to be speaking to only. I looked at rick to see if he could understand what I could, if he could see what I saw in her eyes. But he showed nothing of that sorts. He stared back at helplessly, his eyes pleading to help his wife.
I beckoned him towards with a wave of my hand. He ca over to .
"Can you go out for a while? I need to see closely and it would be better if… it's just the two of us," I said.
"Do you think she can be fixed?"
"Honestly, rick, I have no idea. But I promise you that I will give my best."
His lips were pressed into a thin line. It was obvious that he blad for what happened to his wife. I could not bla him for that. He was right to bla . It was my fault. All of it was my fault.
Reece's death was my fault. Evelyn's condition was my fault.
"rick?" I pressed.
He nodded and left without glancing back. I stood there for a second, feeling unsure as to what to do.
"Perita, take all the guards and leave this room. I want to be alone with Evelyn," I said.
Perita looked like she was about to protest, but stopped, probably seeing the look on my face.
I locked the door after they left. Evelyn looked so empty, as if she was soulless.
I went to her a little timidly. It was so stupid of to do that. It was not like she could hurt .
As soon as I was in arm's length in front of her, she grabbed my arm and pulled towards her. Our heads almost banged against each other.
"Blue!" she said my na in a gasp as if she could not believe I was there. Or maybe, it was a warning. But what kind of warning?
"Gosh, Evelyn. Are you okay?"
"My daughter. He took my daughter." Now she was yelling. I heard so commotion outside and within a while, rick was in the room, Perita behind him. She was trying to pull him out of the room with the help of two other knights. But rick seed to have turned into a stone statue. He could not be moved.
"Did she just talk?" rick asked, shell-shocked.
But Evelyn's eyes were on mine, her nails digging into the flesh of my arm.
"Ava, Blue! He took Ava!"
"When?" I ask. I felt like I could not breathe.
"It was an exchange, Blue. He said you exchanged her for ."
"What?"
"Is it true, Blue? Did you exchange her for ?" she asked. She was shaking now.
"No, gosh, no. Why would I ever do that?" I shake her hand off and step back. I felt dizzy. "I would never…"
"He said you told him that you wanted back and he could have anyone else."
"I never said that!" I cry. "I never…" My hands were shaking. "I can never do that to your child. Ava is like my child too. How can I ever do that?"
Evelyn was crying too. I did not notice when rick wrapped his arms around her. My head was spinning and I saw darkness in my vision. Soone grabbed by my shoulder and steadied .
"Let's go."
"No. Ava…"
"You need to lie down. You are dizzy, aren't you?"
I glared at my husband. "What will you know?" I snapped. "Fuck you, Dem and fuck everyone! You never should have married ! Never!"
I pushed him away and I almost fell instantly. I felt lighter sohow.
Dem grabbed my arm now, not so gently. "Don't be ridiculous," he whispered into my ear. "If you keep blaming yourself, I will tie you up and lock you in a room. You don't want that, do you?"
"I am more powerful than you."
"I can still tie you up."
I knew what he was thinking. Damn him. He was thinking about using my children against .
"Co with ," he said and I did not fight him this ti.
Doctor Dimitri was summoned imdiately after we reached the palace. I lost consciousness for five seconds in Dem's arms, then ca back to reality. In our room, I scread and scread. Dion and Demian started crying too and it soon turned into a chaos. I was screaming and thrashing so much that Dem had to push my down on the bed and press his palm against my mouth.
I bit him, drawing blood, but he did not let go.
I cald down after a while and went limp in his grip. It was sothing between consciousness and unconsciousness.
The question remained- why did Evelyn stop talking? It was simple. Azure put a spell on her so she could only talk when I was there. Only then the spell would break. That was why she could not tell anyone else what happened.
Azure wanted to hear it first. Azure wanted to see Evelyn losing her trust in and blaming . He wanted to break down, just like I did. I hated myself for it.
I hated myself more for ruining the lives around . I hated myself for being selfish.
I would go to Azure. That was what I would do. I would go to him and I would do whatever he wanted to do, in exchange for the lives of the people I cared about. He wanted initially, did he not? He surely would listen if I offered myself to him.
I would leave the kids with Dem. I could not risk Azure hurting them.
Yes, that was what I would do. I would leave everyone. My husband, my sons, my friends. I had to do it for their sake. I had to.
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