ZAIA.
Silence.
One that is an answer louder than any word could possibly be.
I stand up and he looks up at me, pale.
“I said nothing,” He says, his heart thumping. I said nothing!”
“Your silence was enough,” I say quietly as I walk around my desk and open my drawer.
I take out my gun, seeing his face drain.
“Please no! Please, forgive me! Have mercy!”
I ignore him and slide in a fully loaded cartridge, hearing the satisfying click as it locks in place – my heart clenching as I look at the door.
Agatha…
“Don’t do this! They’ll kill me, please!”
“Well, lucky for you, you’re going to be placed in a prison cell in isolation. You might just live, even if you don’t see the light of another day again.” I say coldly as I close the door.
Her smile, her bubbly persona, her concern for the children. I don’t want it to be her, I can’t take any more betrayal.
I feel like I have the strength to go on, but then something else hits me and I wonder how much more will I be able to handle.
myself, losing control of
me. I did everything because I had no choice. Please
voice shaking despite the power it holds as I walk to the door, pulling it
Keep him drugged and put him in a cell. I swear if he somehow goes
are you going,
come
I’m fine alone.” I
can’t even trust my own pack. I’m walking on edge, ready to be stabbed in the back at
one of
I can hear the rain pouring down and it feels as dreary as
and stare at the downpour. It’s almost dark, and it’s
to step out when my phone
Atticus?
heart leaps with a little glimmer of hope as I answer
“Any leads?” I ask.
you alone?”
“Yeah,”
through Red. As much as I fucking hate to admit it, he fucking did.” His voice
“It’s a damn clever blueprint of the pack, one that pinpoints dozens of secret cameras
Sebastian…
feel a little lighter and I nod, although he can’t see me. “Perfect, remove them all. Let’s
say.
the grounds. Jai, your father
He replies.
make sure not to mention
“We won’t, rest assured.”
bye, I have something to handle,” I
has or not, it
how you always invoke something inside.
tears manage to escape as I gaze up at the sky. Almost as if it’s crying the tears that I wish
I look over the
sense… to an extent… She must have been the
have easily been able to access my bank accounts to make that payment from
only
herself told me if I needed to
pretended to hate Annalise and was so happy when I became
Lies.
why she
knew I’d choose
my phone on record, I slip it back into
through, and I walk to the front door. I ring the bell, feeling my stomach
it’s hard
brush my dripping hair back as the door is opened. “Alpha Zaia, welcome home.”
home?” I ask,
ma’am, Madam is
I see.
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