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CHAPTER 133: Disappointed again

Cassius’ POV

I stood there, like a statue carved from despair, the moonlight a cruel spotlight on the wreckage of my heart. My heart felt like a shattered mirror, reflecting fragments of my pain and sorrow.

Foolish. I knew it was foolish to hope. Forgiveness, a chance at something more—those were luxuries I didn't deserve. Yet hadn't I seen a flicker, a warmth in her eyes, before the dam of duty slammed shut? Callista. The name whispered on my lips, a bittersweet melody that resonated with the guilt that had gnawed at me for years. Guilt that had morphed into a slow-burning illness, a sickness no healer could cure.

Now, that fragile hope lay shattered on the cold stone floor. I squeezed my eyes shut, the weight of my past crushing me. Every whispered accusation and every sleepless night haunted me. I hadn't stopped her execution—all convenient excuses that couldn't mask the truth: I'd failed her, the woman I'd loved with a fierce passion since childhood. She was thirteen, and I was s
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