Chapter 82: The rebirth

Nimue’s POV My heart broke the instant Emilia's body vanished beneath the surface. My thoughts was spinning and my breath was shallow as I stood motionless at the edge of the water. My nails dug so deeply into my palms that they may have sucked blood, and my hands balled into fists at my sides. This was not possible. I had been with her in battle. taught her. observed her strength increase. And she was gone now? Like that? My body shook with wrath, sorrow, and something perilously like despair as I fell to my knees. "No," I said in a whisper while shaking my head. My throat burned as the sobs clawed their way up, blurring my eyes. "No, no, no—this isn't the end of it!" Ivana, beside me, cried out in a choked voice, tears streaming down her face and her hands over her lips. "What did she do?" She spoke incredulously, scarcely raising her voice beyond a whisper. "Why would she just give up? Why did she?" I tightened my jaw. I was more upset about that than anything else. Emilia w