Chapter 56.

Valerie pov

Time slowed.

I was scared. No, I was terrified.

Of course I was. No matter how hard I tried to hide it, I was truly afraid of dying, even if it was for the second time.

I could still remember the pain of the dagger piercing my heart, the terror of knowing you were dying, that you were the cause of your own death. But back then, I disintegrated into dust before I could feel much pain. T