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"She lost her ability to love ave herself over to the witches It’s one of the things she sacrificed"

My ainst the wall to steadyme"

He left me by theand walked back over to the other side of the roo after hi her eyes out"

He shook his head "She can feel pain, yes But not love I learnt that long ago"

Leaning against the wall, I sank to the ground and pulled ainst my chest

I didn’t knohat to say to him But finally now, it was clear why he put up with her day in and day out

Caleb feels responsible for what she’s become

Had he not turned her, none of this would have happened

He thinks he caused her ruin

"It’s late," he said, finally breaking the silence "I suggest you leave"

Chapter 33: Rose

Caleb stayed away froht

I didn’t seek him out I wouldn’t have knohat to say to him if I had

I stayed locked up in my roorateful that he had sent the harp down to hts of the varaphs re over and over in my head

Most of all, I wondered ould become of Caleb

Once I escaped from this island, I wondered if this was hoould live for the rest of his i he had lived like this already Bound to this frozen island Held hostage by the witch’s curse and his own guilt

Thatabout him made my chest ache with frustration and sadness And I felt a crushing sense of loss Loss of what, I didn’t understand