Chapter 148

I don’t move. I don’t think I breathe.

My body and mind detach in some way because I’m too much

in shock to process what Liam’s saying.

“I kil led dad,” he tells me, plain as day.

“No. Nooo.”

“He was going to bargain with that ba stard you married for

your sake and his. Instead of standing strong and fighting. I

had it all figured out. I had a loan lined up to float us until the

military contract was completed. The company was fine! If he’d just waited…. If he’d just trusted me…”

“Liam,” I swallow past the lump in my throat.

There’s roaring in the distance. The thunder of many men and

beasts.

“I’ll keep my promise, Leah. And make it quick.”

It’s the only warning I receive.

Liam lunges, maw wide and teeth sharpening. I fire off rounds. There are fifteen in this mag, and the kick je rks up my

each

1

teeth catch my throat, close to my shoulder, but high enough to graze my neck.

of his suit jacket and wipes his face. My blood is splattered on his chin. A splash of it stains his pristine shirt and suit jacket. “Just breathe and

eyes because I don’t

to be

Aaron.

heart and in my mind.

up and my body grows cold. It’s a bit of

sets

to my

throat, instinctively trying to stop the bleeding. But my hands are wet, and slipping beneath the

blood.

so sad. And scared.

and with the knowledge

comes into crystalline detail as the world slows to each breath. The hard marble beneath my legs.

head on his chest. His arms around me.

of my blood as I bleed out, I imagine

of summer nights and la

every time he fought

miss him. So

roar. Then

hot hits my neck and

James!?

from the fireplace against my throat, cauterizing the wound. It burns so badly and the stench

like hel l.

he slaps his hand over it. A breath hisses from his

When I open them again. I

Oh.

There he is.

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