Chapter 281 – Thorne POV
I've been betrayed.
My beloved star. The light of my existence. The reason I wake up every day —has betrayed me.
You really can't trust anyone these days.
"Father! Father! Father!" Thieran screams, his voice growing in intensity like a battle horn summoning doom.
"Father! Father! Father! Father! Father!" Niall echoes in a pitch only slightly lower, like a well-synchronized war drum.
And then—
"FATHER! FATHER! FATHER! FATHER! FATHER!!!!! FATHER!!!!" both of them together, as if summoning a demon—or worse, their sleep-deprived parent.
This is it. This is how I die.
I scoop them up—one in each arm—because letting them loose is no longer an option. Their energy is boundless, their voices louder than any battlefield I've stood upon.
Noelle. Sweet, cunning Noelle.