Chapter 148

I don’t move. I don’t think I breathe.

My body and mind detach in some way because I’m too much

in shock to process what Liam’s saying.

“I kil led dad,” he tells me, plain as day.

“No. Nooo.”

“He was going to bargain with that ba stard you married for

your sake and his. Instead of standing strong and fighting. I

had it all figured out. I had a loan lined up to float us until the

military contract was completed. The company was fine! If he’d just waited…. If he’d just trusted me…”

“Liam,” I swallow past the lump in my throat.

There’s roaring in the distance. The thunder of many men and

beasts.

“I’ll keep my promise, Leah. And make it quick.”

It’s the only warning I receive.

Liam lunges, maw wide and teeth sharpening. I fire off rounds. There are fifteen in this mag, and the kick je rks up my

arm with each shot.

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me. His teeth catch my throat, close to my shoulder, but high enough to

My blood is splattered on his chin. A splash of it stains his pristine shirt and suit jacket. “Just breathe and relax.

my eyes because I don’t want my last images on

to be of

Aaron.

and

keep me calm even as the panic boils up and my body grows cold. It’s a bit of

chill sets

to my

hands are at my throat, instinctively trying to stop the bleeding. But my hands

blood.

sad.

shakes with shock and with the knowledge that

slows to each breath. The hard marble beneath my legs. The scent of woodsmoke from the fireplace. My brother’s glowing eyes as he watches me suffer.

of Aaron. My head on his chest. His arms

I bleed out, I

think of summer nights and la zy mornings. Dancing

every time he fought for

to miss him. So

roar. Then

neck and my eyes

James!?

got a poker from the fireplace against my throat, cauterizing the wound. It burns so badly and the stench of burning skin and hair has me gagging.

like hel l.

over it. A breath

When I open them again. I

Oh.

There he is.

simple detail like my phone or James, or calling his security team, but my thoughts wonder

he’d

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