CHAPTER 170
They had discovered she was mated to him. They feared what that connection might unlock in her—memories, rebellion, emotion. So, they ordered her to end it before it began.
She tried. More than once, Astrid found herself alone with him. Close enough to strike. Close enough to kill. But each time, something inside her refuse to obey. Not fear, nor mercy.
But for love.
In secret, she found her parents—chained, but still alive in one of the witches' hidden dungeons. She could feel the connection with them, the leapt of blood. She freed them, smuggled them to a distant place, and tried to give them a semblance of peace.
