She watched her life burn down to nothing while he stayed silent and let it happen.
He never listened and never believed her, yet now the king wants to fight for the woman he failed.
She hates him for that silence, and for reaching only after there was nothing left to save.
In pulling her back from the edge, he bound his fate to hers and locked them in the same cage, where what lies between them only cuts sharper.
He saved her; she loathes him for it, and she wants him to bleed for both.
