Chapter 126
Tristan POV
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“Then make me understand, Tristan. She’d watched me pace like a mother watching a child have a tantrum. “We’re all family here. I’m your cousin, ves. but I’m also your sister in every way that matters. Even though we’re not blood siblings, and we didn’t grow up together. That has to count for something.
right?”
I’d wanted to tell her that she was my sister, that I didn’t care about the technicalities of our relationship. I saw her as family the same way I should see
Athena.
‘Don’t start with that look, she’d scolded before I could speak.
“What look?”
“That look where you’re comparing me to Athena. I am not Athena, and Athena is not me. I know you literally grew up tog
sister.”
YOUR
“She’s my younger sister, I’d growled, the words coming out harsher than I’d intended. “She’s supposed to be my younger sister.”
“Okay, fine, She’s your younger sister, and so am I.” Sarah had leaned forward fixing me with that penetrating stare that made me feel like she could see straight through to my soul. “Let me ask you something. How many times have you ever thought about pushing me to the wall and kissing me?”
The suggestion had been so revolting that I’d actually made a face. Never. Not once in my entire life had that thought ever crossed my mind.
“Good,” Sarah had nodded, clearly reading my disgusted expression as the answer she’d expected. “Now let me ask you this: How many times have you thought about pinning Athena against a wall and making love to her?”
I couldn’t answer. The number was too high to count, too shameful to admit out loud.
A knowing smile had spread across her face, but she hadnt been done with her interrogation. “How many times have you felt jealous seeing Athena with another man? Has the thought of her loving someone else, spending her life with someone who isn’t you, made you want to commit murder?”
Just thinking about it had made my hands clench into fists. The idea of Athena in another man’s arms, looking at someone else the way she used to look at me, loving someone else… it made me want to tear the world apart
“You love me, Tristan. But not the same way you love Athena.” Sarah’s voice had been gentle now, like she was explaining something obvious to a
confused child.
“You, my stubborn brother, are madly and completely in love with Athena Slade, and theres nothing you can do about it.”
I’d stared at her, my mind reeling. Love? Was that what this crushing weight in my chest was? This desperate need to see her, to touch her, to know she was safe and happy?
“And you can’t run away from it, no matter how hard you try,” Sarah had continued. “You’ve been in love with her for years, and you’ll never stop, No matter what you tell yourself, no matter how guilty you feel about less, you will never stop loving Athena.”
“It’s not possible,” I’d whispered, but even as I said it, I knew it wasn’t true.
Sarah had looked at me like she wanted to slap some sense into me. It is possible, and you know what else? You’re going to lose her. You’re going t hose that amazing girl who loves you back.”
My head had snapped up. “What?”
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Chapter 126
Yes, the lives you. But you know what’s going to happen if you keep being should have triggered every protective instind i had
idareh had walked close, invading my persund space in way that
Bat I’d just stood there, frozen by her words. You’re going to watch someone else treat her the way you couldnst. You think you’re in pain now? Man until you watch her kiss someone else. Then you I know what real pain feels like
The image she’d painted had been like a knife to the heart. Athena in another man’s arms, smiling at someone else, building a life with someone who
wasn t me..
“I already lost her, I’d said, my voice barely above a whisper,
Sarah had looked confused. “What?”
“I said I already lost her. The admission had felt like bleeding out on the floor,
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