Chapter 66: Betrayal
Everything fell suffocatingly silent after Gunther's declaration of strategy.
Lirian was near the shattered window, her fingers touched over the cool glass as she stared out at the crumbling remnants of Gabriel's castle.
The sky was overcast, the clouds looked heavy and gray.
The memory of Gabriel's arrest played on an endless loop in her mind: his face, stoic as the soldiers dragged him away, his last words.
Her throat tightened.
How could he expect her to stay alive when her every breath felt like agony without him?
Gunther's voice broke through her reverie. "Liri, are you listening?"
She turned, showing her hollow expression. "What?"
"We're going to split up," Gunther said firmly. "Johann and I will create a diversion while you and Rathian—"
"Wait." Lirian looked at Rathian, who stood too still by the doorway, his face unusually pale.