Chapter 50

KALLIRA

The thought came without hesitation, and this time I did not question it. The risk was there, clear and present, but doing nothing meant letting her complete something that could not be undone. I stepped forward, steady despite the tension tightening through my chest.

“I’m ending this,” I said.

Valerius moved at the same time. He did not ask what I meant, and he did not hesitate. He steppe