CHAPTER 100: MONUMENTAL ASSHOLE

ARTEMIS’ POV

"You can't possibly do this to me!" she screams, tears pooling at the corners of her eyes, each droplet an arrow to my already-fractured heart.

I watch the vibrant spark in her eyes flicker and dim, extinguishing right before me. The sight is a dagger to my soul, a pain I never thought I'd have to endure.

Yet I take it, absorbing all the bitterness, the venomous resentment filling her gaze, every conceivable negative emotion she can conjure.

I soak it all in, because for whatever it’s worth, I would do everything within my power to keep Sera right by my side – I’d extend our time for an eternity if I could.

I'm fully aware that holding her back, tying her down to me, is the exact opposite of what I should do.

She's made her desire for distance abundantly clear, her absence during those agonizing days of my recovery tells me that much.

The logical part of me knows I should let her go, let this be the ending she clearly seeks. But another part of me rebels at the though