Chapter 173\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Exactly what you heard babe My breath caught in my throat and my heart was pounding like it wanted to tear its way out of my chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jess.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tristan\u2019s first mate.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The mate who had died seven months ago, no eight months ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u79d8\u6e6f 70\u00a0<\/p>\n
Back when I was still with Daxon and back when we were nowhere near America, let alone Tristan\u2019s pack.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo\u201d I whispered, shaking my head as if I could shake the thought away. \u201cThat doesn\u2019t make sense because we were in London and I was with you, I was\u00a0<\/p>\n
with you!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Daxon\u2019s lips curled into a cruel smile and his voice was smooth and mocking when he said Exactly, you were with me and do you know why she died?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My stomach twisted violently and I asked \u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d but my voice was louder this time and edged with panic. \u201cWhat are you saying?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He leaned closer and his shadow swallowed me whole while his words sank deep like venom. \u201cExactly what you\u2019re thinking.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My entire body went rigid.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes\u201d he said almost gently like he was explaining something to a child. \u201cI killed her and do you know why?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I couldn\u2019t speak because my mouth was dry and my chest was so tight I couldn\u2019t breathe.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Because of you\u201d he whispered and his tone was soft but sharp enough to slice me open. \u201cEverything that\u2019s about to happen and all of it is\u00a0<\/p>\n
your fault.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The room spun and I pressed myself harder against the wall while the chain dug into my wrist and grounded me as dread coiled in my gut like a living\u00a0<\/p>\n
thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo\u201d I said but it sounded weak and pitiful even to my own ears. \u201cNo that\u2019s not\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes it is\u201d and his voice rose now while the calm mask cracked to reveal the fury underneath,\u00a0<\/p>\n
ked to\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou led me to them and you made me curious, you made me angry enough to find out who they were and what they had and what you cared about, you brought me into their world Athena and Jess, she was just the first piece I knocked off the board.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tears burned hot at the back of my eyes but I blinked them away because I wouldn\u2019t give him that satisfaction.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He stepped back and looked satisfied with the devastation painted across my face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou should thank me\u2018 he said with a sneer. \u2018If it wasn\u2019t for me you wouldn\u2019t even have Tristan as your mate now because his little bond with her had to\u00a0<\/p>\n
be broken first.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I wanted to lunge at him and tear him apart and make him pay for even saying Jess\u2019s name but the chain held me in place and my whole body trembled with rage and grief and the sick weight of guilt.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was lying and he had to be lying.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
15:25 Sat, Jan 10 G MR\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 173\u00a0<\/p>\n
But what if he wasn\u2019t and worse, what if it really was my fault?\u00a0<\/p>\n
70\u00a0<\/p>\n
My whole body trembled while rage and confusion tore at me from the inside.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This is not my fault I snapped and my voice was shaking but fierce. \u2018You killed Jess because you wanted to kill her and because you\u2019re sick in the head.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not my fault that you\u2019re a psychopath Daxon so don\u2019t you dare try to blame me for the blood on your hands\u00a0<\/p>\n
Daxon laughed and it was low and cruel and he shook his head like I was the most amusing thing he\u2019d seen all day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He stepped closer until his shadow swallowed me whole.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNot your fault?\u201d he said softly and almost mockingly. \u201cYou really believe that don\u2019t you?\u201d His tone got softer and almost pitying like he was talking to a\u00a0<\/p>\n
child who couldn\u2019t understand basic facts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it is your fault Athena and deep down you know it. You were the one who started all of this.\u201d I felt my blood turn to ice in my veins.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you talking about?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He crouched down in front of me until we were at eye level and close enough that I could see the anger glinting in his dark eyes and the way his jaw\u00a0<\/p>\n
was clenched tight with barely controlled rage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou really don\u2019t remember do you?\u201d His voice was sharp now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I frowned because I was confused. \u201cRemember what?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you remember the first night we were together?\u201d His voice dropped to a whisper that was soft but deadly in a way that made my skin crawl.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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