---- He had finally let her go.

Damien walks away and Zariyan finally lets her tears fall.

Her nails dig into the mud to distract herself from this pain in her chest.

She wanted this She made him do this.

Then why this heaviness in her chest? Why does it feel like the world has stopped and everything inside her is numb.

Freezing numb.

She thought he would resist.

He wouldn't give in and reject her that easily.

But she was wrong.

It looked too easy for him.

And thats when she realised that she wasn't the only who had changed.

Even Damien had...

and this version of him was deadlier and colder than anyone she had scene.

Love could either build you or destroy you.

And in his case, it has destroyed him so much? ---- Chapter 509 That nothing else mattered to him anymore.

Maybe not even her.

The very person responsible for destroying him.

---- Chapter 510 Damien's POV There are two ways to silence the demons clawing at your sanity, keeping you awake at night, dragging you to the brink of madness Option one: destroy them.

Option two: let them destroy you.

I chose the former.noveldrama

I obliterated them.

I murdered the feelings I had for my Princess.

I rejected her just like that.

I tore my heart from my chest and set it ablaze.

What good was that worthless organ anyway? It gave me nothing but agony, suffering, and an endless wait.

I waited years for my mate.

Longed for her.

Dreamed of what love could feel like.

And when I finally found her? She wasnt ready.

I waited.

I tried.

I poured every ounce of myself into winning her, only to be rejected.

Again and again ---- Still, [ settled for the scraps.

Watching her disguise herself as a boy, fighting as Robin [loodI was content with even that.

But life has a cruel sense of humor.

Just when I'd made my peace, it threw another curveball She was trapped in the Land of Darkness I fought tooth and nail to save her.

Failed.

And my punishment? She found someone else.

Someone else touched her, claimed her, and now shes carrying his child.

T spent a yearan entire yearhunting for a sacrificial cure to save her, only to discover it was all a lie.

She never needed saving.

The serum never touched her.

She went to him willingly.

Now she was back.

She's his, not mine.

And that child growing in her womb? A constant reminder of how much I've lost.

I've waited long enough.

Too long.

Why, Moon Goddess? If she was never mine to begin with, why make me endure this torment? Why start a story you had no intention of finishing? Love is a