All too late for his love

Chapter 317

Willow was at her wit’s end with Matthew. She ground her teeth in frustration.

“Matthew, I will never agree to that! Aaron is innocent. Even murderers get a chance to prove their Innocence Why can’t you give us a chance to show Aaron did nothing wrong?”

“Innocence?” Matthew laughed, and Willow couldn’t believe how such a gentle face could turn so

demonic.

“Innocence is a luxury you don’t deserve, Willow. I gave you a chance to save this cripple, but you

refused.”

Matthew’s dark eyes turned frigid, like black ice in a forgotten tundra. The sheer defiance of Willow’s refusal to yield, even after his gruesome threat, ignited a fierce hatred within him.

swift pivot, his gaze became

cripple’s

all her strength into shoving Matthew away to save Aaron. She fought to shove Matthew away,

there, unable

“Aaron!

hand pierced Willow’s eyes.

her teeth and

if she managed to get up, she couldn’t stop Matthew’s

Aaron had fought to survive

to eternal darkness as a blind

Willow sensed the fear pulsing beneath the

kid his age had every reason to be scared of a knife pointing at his eye. Yet, despite his

break down

Matthew, as if probing for something hidden

“Uncle Matthew…”

silently down his cheeks, his voice