Gavin's POV

"What the fuck do you mean you were a spy?" I asked, feeling my temper rising as I stared at her.

She bit her lower lip and nibbled on it gently.

"Levi Churchill hired me,” she admitted, furrowing my brows as I stared at her. "He's after your company secrets, Gavin. I was young and weak at the time. I did whatever he wanted me to do. So, I pretended to be a nurse and stuck by your side, while collecting data."

I was dumbstruck by her admittance. I pulled away from her, hurt by what she was saying. I had fallen for her back then; I was prepared to get down on one knee and propose marriage to this girl. But instead, she had been playing me.

"Was any of it real?" I asked her, my tone hardening as my eyes narrowed. "Any of the feelings you felt for me... any of the stuff that you had said to me... was it all fake? Part of the game you were playing to appease my enemy?" With each question I asked, my voice rose even more.

Tears filled her eyes, and she tried hard to blink them away, but they were still evident.

she whispered brokenly. "Once I did... once I knew I

I whispered. It wasn't a

her head, her teeth digging into her

own death. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. I had to take lives in order to make that happen and make

now?" I asked, unable to look her in the eyes any longer. "Why

any longer," she admitted. "I've missed you so much. Since leaving, a part of of has been missing.

now?" I asked her, my tone hardening even more. I didn't trust her, not after everything she had told me, but I couldn't deny

she told me. "I'm a rogue, I'm no longer part of his

you before either," I told her coldly. "Try

was playing the long game previously. Hiding in your pack, training... obtaining a medical background so I could be sister's nurse without raising suspicion. I made friends, so it didn't seem like I came out of nowhere. I had been here for a few years,

playing the long game again?" I asked him. "After everything I've learned today, I wouldn't be

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