It was quiet after Henndar left—eerily so—but the silence did nothing to calm anyone. Thoughts raced like storms in every mind, tangled and unrelenting.
But for Kesha, it was worse.
None of it made sense. Just moments ago, everything had seemed fine. How had it all unraveled so fast?
Her chest ached like something was being torn apart inside her.
No… this wasn't Aramith. It couldn't be. Someone had to have influenced him. Her instincts had never failed her before—never. So how could she have been wrong about him? He looked like he was acting of his own will, but how? Why?
The more she tried to understand, the less any of it added up. And now… he was going to be banished.
Just like that, she had lost him.
She searched desperately for a cause—something, someone to blame for this nightmare. It couldn't have just happened. It had to be—
Her. That woman. Zero.
