Chapter 173
‘Exactly what you heard babe My breath caught in my throat and my heart was pounding like it wanted to tear its way out of my chest.
Jess.
Tristan’s first mate.
The mate who had died seven months ago, no eight months ago.
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Back when I was still with Daxon and back when we were nowhere near America, let alone Tristan’s pack.
“No” I whispered, shaking my head as if I could shake the thought away. “That doesn’t make sense because we were in London and I was with you, I was
with you!
Daxon’s lips curled into a cruel smile and his voice was smooth and mocking when he said Exactly, you were with me and do you know why she died?”
My stomach twisted violently and I asked “What do you mean?” but my voice was louder this time and edged with panic. “What are you saying?”
He leaned closer and his shadow swallowed me whole while his words sank deep like venom. “Exactly what you’re thinking.”
My entire body went rigid.
“Yes” he said almost gently like he was explaining something to a child. “I killed her and do you know why?”
I couldn’t speak because my mouth was dry and my chest was so tight I couldn’t breathe.
‘Because of you” he whispered and his tone was soft but sharp enough to slice me open. “Everything that’s about to happen and all of it is
your fault.”
The room spun and I pressed myself harder against the wall while the chain dug into my wrist and grounded me as dread coiled in my gut like a living
thing.
“No” I said but it sounded weak and pitiful even to my own ears. “No that’s not…”
“Yes it is” and his voice rose now while the calm mask cracked to reveal the fury underneath,
ked to
“You led me to them and you made me curious, you made me angry enough to find out who they were and what they had and what you cared about, you brought me into their world Athena and Jess, she was just the first piece I knocked off the board.
Tears burned hot at the back of my eyes but I blinked them away because I wouldn’t give him that satisfaction.
He stepped back and looked satisfied with the devastation painted across my face.
“You should thank me‘ he said with a sneer. ‘If it wasn’t for me you wouldn’t even have Tristan as your mate now because his little bond with her had to
be broken first.”
I wanted to lunge at him and tear him apart and make him pay for even saying Jess’s name but the chain held me in place and my whole body trembled with rage and grief and the sick weight of guilt.
He was lying and he had to be lying.
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But what if he wasn’t and worse, what if it really was my fault?
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My whole body trembled while rage and confusion tore at me from the inside.
This is not my fault I snapped and my voice was shaking but fierce. ‘You killed Jess because you wanted to kill her and because you’re sick in the head.
It’s not my fault that you’re a psychopath Daxon so don’t you dare try to blame me for the blood on your hands
Daxon laughed and it was low and cruel and he shook his head like I was the most amusing thing he’d seen all day.
He stepped closer until his shadow swallowed me whole.
“Not your fault?” he said softly and almost mockingly. “You really believe that don’t you?” His tone got softer and almost pitying like he was talking to a
child who couldn’t understand basic facts.
“But it is your fault Athena and deep down you know it. You were the one who started all of this.” I felt my blood turn to ice in my veins.
“What are you talking about?”
He crouched down in front of me until we were at eye level and close enough that I could see the anger glinting in his dark eyes and the way his jaw
was clenched tight with barely controlled rage.
“You really don’t remember do you?” His voice was sharp now.
I frowned because I was confused. “Remember what?”
“Do you remember the first night we were together?” His voice dropped to a whisper that was soft but deadly in a way that made my skin crawl.
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Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.
