"Y-you... you kidnapped Theodore and... and imprisoned I-Ilkar in the dungeons?"
Urag didn't flinch. He didn't blink or step back to cushion the blow.
Instead, his jaw tightened, the hard, unforgiving lines of his face hardening into absolute stone as the truth hung heavy and undisputed between them.
"Yes," Urag said, his dark violet eyes holding her gaze with unyielding, terrifying calm. "I did."
The brutal confirmation hit her like a physical blow.
The last remnants of her balance shattered, her legs finally giving out beneath her.
As she stumbled backward, Urag's instincts flared, his hands instantly reaching out to catch her before she hit the cold stone floor.
But the moment his fingers brushed her arms, a violent shudder wracked her frame.
"Don't…" she choked out, a raw sob breaking through her teeth.
With a frantic surge of desperate strength, she violently shoved his hands away.
