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Dear Amelia,

I didn’t mean to leave you on a cliff hanger. But you have got to understand that this is my real life. It’s not just some made up story. And I know that you have no connection to some of these people, but you’re not cold hearted. You feel deeply for those who don’t deserve it. I get it. But some things have to happen.

After Stella took Jordan away, I turned to see Markus throw my mom off him, and then sink the silver dagger into Onyx’s chest. I felt it immediately, and Onyx shifted back as my mom tackled Markus.

The life faded from his eyes almost instantly. I did my best to heal him, but the bond broke. It didn’t tear the way it did with Jordan, it snapped. Painfully. And it tore a piece of me. That’s when I found out I was pregnant with your brother. Gaia told me, and I told James, hoping it’ll give him something to cling to. But it was too late.

I know, the timeline doesn’t add up when you think about it. It will. I’ll explain that later though.

Amelia, my goal in life is to make sure that you, your brother, your friends, and everyone in this world, will not have to feel the pain of a mate bond breaking. I know that’s impossible, but it doesn’t stop my from trying.

When the mate bond broke, my anger and pain shook the underground palace. Maybe more, because Stella showed up again and took James’s lifeless body.

I made my mom and Grandpa leave. My control was gone. Any ounce of sanity I held onto was gone and I was ready to burn the place down with me inside. I didn’t care about dying. I had already lost my mate and best friend. Living without them was not an option.

Listen, I know what you’re thinking, ‘Victoria blessing you with immortality’. Yes. You’re right. But she failed to mention until the last minute that James and I would become immortal only after we won the war and I was crowned queen. James died before that. I planned on dying as well. But, I was going to take the two kings down with me.

Gaia and I didn’t care about the plan anymore. Now that I think about it, I never really told you the full plan. I wanted to kill Darius and Markus myself, but Vasilia was the one who needed to kill them for the prophecy to come true. We just needed to deliver them to her. The plan was to disable them both and have her kill them.

But now, I was out for blood. I wanted my own revenge on them. The two of them had killed my mate and my best friend. The pain of those bonds breaking was still coursing through my body. It was crippling.

As soon as my mom and Grandpa were out of the palace, I let go of all self control. It’s a blur, what happened next. But I do remember throwing everything at them. I wasn’t worried about holding back, or hurting myself or others, since it was only the three of us. And that alone allowed me to overpower the both of them.

Every object I could see was being hurled at them, cutting them and missing vital spots on purpose. I wanted to make them suffer like I was.

I summoned a storm, threw fire at them, enchanted them, and pummeled them until they were unrecognizable. Even that wasn’t enough to satisfy my anger. I tortured them, and all it did was make my anger grow.

I took a break to let them heal just enough to not die. And then Gaia took over and shredded them. She ripped their arms off, so they couldn’t fight back. When we were done, we decided it was time to end them. I was going in for the kill, but when I was midair, I froze.

I know I told you I wanted to spare you the details, trust me, I left a lot out. And I hope you understand and don’t ask for more detail.

~Mom

MJ. B