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.
losing control
I did everything because I had no choice. Please
shaking despite the power it holds as I walk to
” Keep him drugged and put him in a cell. I swear if he somehow goes missing, everyone will be held accountable. I have something to do. I’ll be
are you
come with
alone.” I answer Justin
can’t even trust my own pack. I’m walking on edge,
by one of my
hall. I can hear the rain pouring down and it feels
open the entrance door and stare at the downpour.
to step out when my phone rings. I look down at
Atticus?
with a little glimmer of hope as I answer
“Any leads?” I ask.
he- are you alone?” he
“Yeah,”
to admit it, he fucking did.” His voice is
damn clever blueprint of the pack, one that
Sebastian…
although he can’t see me. “Perfect, remove them all. Let’s show them that we are not to
say.
way through the grounds. Jai, your father and myself are going to handle them just so we know we have gotten
He replies.
sure not to mention his
“We won’t, rest assured.”
something to handle,”
stare down at my phone, wondering if Sebastian has healed. Regardless of whether he has or not, it could still cost him a lot if they learn
something inside. of me, Bastien…
manage to escape as I gaze up at the sky. Almost as if it’s crying the tears that I wish
weaken me as I look
She must have been the one behind the
bank accounts to make
was an only family
always around. Agatha herself told me if I needed to
hate Annalise and was
Lies.
part of a greater plan, although I don’t understand why she would pretend to
because she knew I’d choose the sublime? I don’t
record, I slip it back into my pocket, making sure
allowing me through, and I walk to the front
hard to
back as the door is opened. “Alpha Zaia,
home?”
Madam is
I see.
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