The Forgotten Princess’S Rebellion
Chapter 56
Lucien D’Arcy (sorcerer/ml 3)
(staring at his shaking hands, voice barely above a whisper) It’s starting again
(The curse never forgets. Never forgives. Every three months, it returns, carving its way through his body like it belongs there—as if his suffering is a debt he must keep paying, over and over, until nothing remains of him.)
(He should be used to this. He has endured it alone for years, decades, centuries. He has never waited for anyone to come.)
(And yet—this time, he is waiting. This time, he finds himself expecting—her.)
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