ARTEMIS’ POV
"You can't possibly do this to me!" she screams, tears pooling at the corners of her eyes, each droplet an arrow to my already-fractured heart.
I watch the vibrant spark in her eyes flicker and dim, extinguishing right before me. The sight is a dagger to my soul, a pain I never thought I'd have to endure.
Yet I take it, absorbing all the bitterness, the venomous resentment filling her gaze, every conceivable negative emotion she can conjure.
I soak it all in, because for whatever it’s worth, I would do everything within my power to keep Sera right by my side – I’d extend our time for an eternity if I could.
I'm fully aware that holding her back, tying her down to me, is the exact opposite of what I should do.
She's made her desire for distance abundantly clear, her ab
