“They showed me your death. Both of you. And they offered me a chance to save you, to twist fate and give us a shot at defeating my father. Every bond placed on us broken and a single year to prove I could have been a man worthy of your love, Roxy.” “No,” Orion snarled. “A year?” I gasped, my heart hammering as I realised how fucking close we were to that time coming to an end already. “That’s why you were so angry when they went to The Palace of Flames,” Orion said in realisation, his voice cracking. “Because your time with her was being stolen?” Darius nodded,