#CHAPTER 113: The Death of Mila

FELIX The sight of Mila’s dead body caused my legs to buckle under me. I wasn’t aware that I was falling until my knees hit the cold stone beneath me, sending ringing pain throughout my body. But none of that compared to the pain that was in my heart. Mila was dead. Mila was dead, and it was all my fault. I knew that she was gone for real as strength and power surged into my body–the final burst of energy that had been absent for so long. The last time I’d been at full strength, I hadn’t even met Mila yet. The curse was broken, then. Which meant she was well and truly gone. I was vaguely aware of my parents and Esmeralda rushing up the stairs towards me, that horrible magical barrier finally gone. Joseph was kneeling on the ground next to me, but his voice sounded far away, drowned out by the incessant ringing in my ears. “Felix? Felix? Felix!” My mother’s voice, shrill with worry, finally pierced through the fog surrounding my brain. “Are yo