Fire & Fangs (GXG)

Chapter 36 - Anger & Grief

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POV: Alcina

Silent.

The entirety of the Main Hall was silent.

Everything felt like it hurt.

I...

I felt like I was drowning in pain, my soul being torn in two, and I had no idea what to do.

I just...

Stood here.

I did not see what was in front of me nor heard the sounds that may have been happening around me. All I did was replay the events of the last minutes over and over again to see where everything had gone so wrong.

Andrada...

Left.

My mate, my love, shied away from my touch, refused to even look me in the eye, and left the castle that was our home. She left me and our girls behind to go who knows where.

Coming back to my senses at that jarring thought, I clutched my chest in pain as the balaur and I felt like our soul was crumbling into a million little shards. I felt like I had just lost an integral part of myself and I was starting to panic. I was already stressed from the trip to Mirandas. I had found out some information that tilted my whole world off its axes and I sought the comfort of my mate back home to reassure me that everything was going to be all right.

But nothing was all right.

My eyes, full of tears, drifted to a fallen Faline on the floor, shadows trying to reconnect her detached limbs while Cassandra comforted the woman was was in pain. I did not have any sympathy for the vampire because she was no doubt the one to cause all of this strife. She was the one that had just turned my mate against me and that made me...

Angry.

So, so, very angry.

Miranda said I should not risk anything for the next several months, but I could not contain my rage. My health was a priority, but my heart was torn to shreds and all that was left was my vile vitriol in its place. My claws extended, ripping through my black gloves, a testament to my rage. They dropped to the stone floor, clinking. The noise brought attention to me who was still nearby at the door and two sets of eyes were now on my form.

Cassandra and Faline were looking at me in terror.

"What did you do..." I whispered, voice shaking, trembling with rage and anger. "WHAT DID YOU DO?!" I screamed out in pain, voice booming through the castle for all to hear.

Cassandra and Faline's eyes went wide at my outburst.

"W-W-We j-j-just-" Cassandra stuttered, her eyes filling with tears.

"SPIT IT OUT!" I yelled, stalking towards them.

"W-We just told father a-about your and Faline's past because w-we wanted a clean slate! That's all! I d-didn't think- I didn't t-think she'd react like that!" Cassandra cried.

There was the truth.

I feared it was exactly that secret, but I needed to confirm it.

"You fool..." I hissed, turning to Faline. "You utter wretched fool! Did you not see how Andrada was acting?! What made your moronic brain think this was the time to drop such a sensitive topic down upon her! You both may as well have just destroyed our relationship because of your selfishness!"