Staring up at the ceiling in the darkness, he held back tears that he hadn’t dared to let fall. Stolas felt hopeless, like he had nothing left in this forsaken underworld

Octavia had kicked him out of her life, even after she saw how hard he was willing to fight for her. He was such a failure that his own daughter hated him now. He fell deeper into his thoughts when the tears began to fall…and he couldn’t even stop them