“I vowed to forget him.” “What were your exact words, Ash?” Nua said urgently. My eyes darted as I tried to remember. I licked my lips. “I… I vowed to forget him and everything we had until—” My breath hitched, and I stared at Nua and Gillie. “I vowed to forget him until the day I died.” There was a moment of silence. Then Nua’s face crumpled with grief, and Gillie’s black brows drew together in a pained frown. “S-so I’m… going to die today,” I heard myself say in a flat voice.
