Chapter 34 

~Valeria ~ “AAAH!” Guards surround the area now. Jade continues to scream, and I cover my eyes. My phone is on the floor. I can hear Raphael through it, asking what happened, but I can’t move, I can’t speak. “It’s Emmet! It’s Emmet!” Jade screams, and she’s right. It is Prince Emmet. The rest is a blur. I somehow find myself in my room, stunned. Jade is in hers. I can hear Mother consoling her. My phone rings, and I think it’s been ringing for a while, but I don’t have the strength to pick it up. I know it’s Raphael. How do I tell him? How do I tell him that his brother is… dead? My hands shake, remembering what I saw. He was mutilated. Skin hung off the muscles. Eyes were plucked out. His lips and ears were gone, and his fingers were just bare bones. Torn clothes showed signs he was trying to shift, but whatever got him was too fast. Someone knocks, but I don’t even attempt to get up. The door opens, and Stephan walks in. “Valeria.” I look up at him, my eyes watering, and I break. He