Counterback of the Despised Luna by Diana West

Chapter 360

Chapter 360 Knew It

I gripped the edge of the rooftop, my fingers digging into the cold stone as my mind spon, faltering like a cog slipping from its gears

“Caden, you can’t be hurt I murmured, my voice trelling, panic creeping through every nerve

As I fumbled for my phone, ready to call Vale, ready to summon help to search for Caden, a familiar, deep voice cut through the air from behind me. “Rosaline”

Caden

1 whipped around. There he was, sitting in his wheelchor, calm as ever.

“Caden!” I nearly collapsed with relief. “Thank the gods, you’re alright!” I rushed to him, my steps unsteady with the weight of my fear.

I crouched beside him, burying my face in his lap, the food of relief too overwhelming to contain

His hand reached out, fingers threading through my hair, the warmth of his touch grounding me. “Silly girl.” he said, his voice smooth, “what did you think happened to me?”

I closed my eyes, breathing deeply, steadying my heart, but a sense of unease wormed its way into my

chest.

When I’d first come up here, he hadn’t been here. He’d been gone, nowhere in sight.

And now, mere minutes later, he was back in his wheelchair, no one else around.

Hadn’t he been paralyzed?

How was this possible?

A chill ran through me, suspicion rising like a dark tide.

This whole crippled thing was an act.

I stood up, a quiet determination settling in my bones.

I needed to test him.

Caden’s voice snapped with a sudden edge. “It’s dangerous, come

said casually, turning toward the edge of

for it,”

made a show of losing my balance, then screamed,

worry! I’m coming!” His voice broke through the

ed

as if his legs had never been broken, Caden was standing. He moved with the and strength of someone who hadn’t been trapped in a wheelchair for weeks. He rushed toward me and caught me in his arms, his

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in the act,

glared at his legs, the frustration seething in my veins Gaden, what the

lie to me?

dark with anger.

enraged me more than

my guilt?” My

I cut him off, my

down,” I

my heel, my anger propelling me forward as I

understand how much I worried for him?

learned of his paralysis,

dare lie to me like this?

That damned bastard!

the hospital room, my eyes narrowing as I glanced

hadn’t even bothered

word of explanation? Not even an attempt?

inside me, and

voice sharp with disbelief. What

didn’t hesitate, shooting back with a tone to match. “What’s wrong with me being in my cousin’s room? But you–what

me all at once–I’d walked into

let Queenie gloat

“I’m Caden’s fiancée. Do you have a problem with that? Or do

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