Chapter 229

Wren's POV

Their presence... Theron, Matriarch Vane, Mrs. Jory, Nell...

They were the reason I hadn't gone full monster.

The reason I hadn't dragged my enemies down into the grave with me.

They'd kept one small, stubborn spark of conscience alive in me. They let me believe-just barely-that there was still something in this world worth protecting.

But even that hope was like a dying ember, a candle