Chapter 71: The Final Betrayal
The world around Alex was a blur of dust and blood, the acrid scent of fire thick in the air as the camp was swallowed by chaos. She could barely hear the sounds of battle over the thundering pulse of her own heartbeat. Her sword was slick with blood, her clothes torn and filthy, but it didn't matter. Nothing mattered except the battle that raged in front of her, and the brother she had once loved—now an enemy.
The man she had thought dead, the boy she had grieved for, stood before her with cold, calculating eyes, as if the years of their separation meant nothing. Sam. Her brother. The very flesh and blood that had once been her companion, her protector. Now, he was a tyrant, leading an army that threatened to swallow everything she had fought for.
