Chapter 63

I quickly turned my attention towards the wound that oozed with blood even now, hoping I could remove the entirety of the diamond with just one hand, my broken arm hanging uselessly by my side. I wanted to clench my eyes shut, I wanted to shy away from the blood, but that would not help Vincent, it would not bring him back from the brink of death. I wished that I was someone else, that I wasn’t the prince’s slave, but that would never be so, this was the way my life had intended to go, and there was no point in crying over it now, that would not change it. Nor would it make my life any easier.

I took a deep breath, carefully picking away at the pieces of diamond as I cauterised each section of the wound, ensuring that I left no diamond behind, Vincent cried in anguished pain, his form shaking and trembling under my power, much like I had under Silas’ his cries increasing with each passing moment. I tugged on yet another piece of t