While Julian crowned his new mistress Valeria at the Blood Ascension Ceremony, he used his council scepter to sever our soul-link, silencing my dying cries. The audit logs coldly proved he had stolen the Prima Key, my only cure, to reshape her bloodline, leaving me to suffer total organ failure. Instead of begging, I dragged my decaying body to the central registry and irreversibly erased my identity as the Prince's Bride. I will initiate the Sanguine Inversion to drain his immortal power, a choice that will tear my soul apart and permanently destroy my ability to feel emotional warmth. As the three-day countdown begins, Julian still believes his empire is secure. He remains oblivious, but can my failing mortal shell survive long enough in the shadows to watch him turn to ash?