CHAPTER 95 Heartbroken

  Dana POV

  With every fiber of my being, I yearned to exact vengeance upon him, to unleash the pent-up fury that simmered just beneath the surface. And yet, as my hand brushed against the knife concealed within my pocket, I found myself hesitating, my resolve faltering in the face of a love that refused to die.

  But his whispered confession uttered so softly that it seemed to hang in the air between us, stirred no response within me. "I miss you," he confessed, his words falling upon deaf ears as I stood before him, numb to the emotions that threatened to engulf me.

  A small smile tugged at the corners of my lips as I observed Ares's stoic facade, a testament to the emotional distance that had grown between us in the wake of our tumultuous past.