Chapter 50: Heartache

When Judith learned the truth, a wave of pain washed over her chest. "I kept calling him lazy, always picking fights over nothing." "If he hadn't been secretly protecting me all along, I might not even be alive now." Memories of every sneer and jab she had thrown at Magnus came rushing back, each one sharper than the last.  She bit her lower lip until it hurt, guilt flooding her. She couldn't stop blaming herself. Why had she looked down on Magnus so shamelessly?  Worst of all, she had kept...