Once Upon a Broken Heart

The guards and Tiberius rush into the room. Tiberius sounds just like Apollo when he was cursed, and Evangeline realizes Marisol tricked her again. Tiberius orders that Evangeline be put in his chambers, where he finds the truth spell and drinks it. It doesn’t work right away, and Evangeline stalls by asking why Tiberius left, reminding him he promised to tell her. Tiberius reveals he’s part of the secret organization dedicated to making sure the Valory Arch is never opened.

Tiberius confesses that he’s known all along that Evangeline didn’t kill Apollo, and Evangeline realizes the truth potion is making him tell her things. She stalls him with more questions about the prophecy and the Valory Arch. The prophecy describes her exactly and ends by saying her blood must be willingly given to open the arch.

As a final request, Evangeline asks Tiberius to call in his guards, tell them her crimes, and let one of them kill her. Tiberius’s impaired judgment from the potion makes him agree, but he can’t list Evangeline’s crimes because she’s not actually guilty of anything. Tiberius stutters over trying to blame Evangeline for Apollo’s death, but he can’t and confesses, “Evangeline didn’t kill my brother. I did” (385).