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Amun watched, horrified She watched, too, amazed that she hadn’t had to corner him and force him out Amazed that she didn’t hurt any hysterical y, she found there was nothing left to tether her to her body Darkness was pul ing at her

Her organs were shutting down, the ice that had saved her now kil ing her She knew the feeling wel

Had experienced it hundreds of times before This was the end of her

I love you, she told A her wounds Then stay, daht this Haidee! Do you hear me?

Don’t you dare leave me!

I love you, she repeated, and then, because she couldn’t fight any longer, she al owed herself to be pul ed the rest of the way into the darkness

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

AMUN WAS GOING CRAZY Haidee had died Died Her heart had stopped, her ruined body had gone stil and her eyes had glazed She’d had no breath left inside her lungs, even when he’d pumped at her chest for hours, her blood al over his hands And then she’d disappeared Simply vanished, as if she’d never existed

He screa with hi love with Haidee that second time, the demon had realized that she would never hurt them, no matter hoerful she was That she would always strive to make life better for therown Not just because she possessed so h she was a demon-slayer, a justice-dealer, she was the deround

How could Themis have sentenced such a precious female to die? Where was the justice in such a vile action?

A in Tartarus with the rest of the Greeks

After everything she’d done, she deserved that and more

Only, if she hadn’t acted, Amun never would have had this second chance with Haidee Or even ift And he’d failed her In every way that mattered, he’d failed her Twice she’d died because of him

And she hated to die, feared the pain, the loss of her ht

The first time had been an accident on his part This second tier to save hi their enemy to take note of her plan Foolish of hiuessed her intentions, and he should have stopped her

When she had locked on Hate, Amun hadn’t knohat to do or how to separate the the link between the pair would hurt Haidee farthe de her, cho at her, and Amun hadn’t cared about her pain

--he’d cared only about saving her life He’d ripped them apart

But he was too late