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 shot.

1

His teeth catch my throat, close to my shoulder, but high enough

pulls the handkerchief from the pocket of his suit jacket and wipes his face. My blood is splattered on

I don’t want my

to be

Aaron.

heart and in my

calm even as the panic boils up and

sets

sink to my knees.

are at my throat, instinctively trying to stop the

blood.

sad. And

and with

The hard marble beneath my legs. The scent of woodsmoke from the

head on his chest. His

of feeling the pulse of my blood as I bleed out, I imagine it’s

nights and la

he

going to miss him. So

roar.

scorching hot hits my neck and my eyes fly open.

James!?

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

looks like hel

burning when he slaps his hand over it. A breath

flicker. When I open

Oh.

There he is.

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