This chapter is dedicated to @Josefina Kearns! Thank you so much for the supergift!
"I'm sorry…" he uttered, his voice cracking. "I'm so very sorry."
As those words left his lips, Iryz's lashes fluttered open. Zeres did not see it because his head was bent down, staring down at her hand that was also covered in wounds. His hands were holding onto hers ever so gently, as though he was holding onto a fragile piece of glass.
Iryz took a while to focus her vision, just blinking. Until her eyes finally could clearly see her surroundings and the first thing her eyes fell on was him. The angel was standing next to her. And he looked… utterly broken. A broken but beautiful angel.
