Chapter 290: Never Laid A Finger On Her

"What?"

"I know what you are thinking." Killian traced the seams of her lower lip. "That mates are supposed to make each other happy. But I assure you that’s just the theory; I had no interest in making her suffer or in seeing her in pain. It felt just so wrong, but she never stopped."

"You were not happy with her at all, were you?" she guessed.

"No, I wasn’t," he admitted.

Inez frowned. "But you were true mates; how could you not be happy with her when you were destined to be with her?"

"And that is why Fenric always says that I took all the sanity and the light while Lyra was left with nothing but insanity and darkness. After all, mates complement each other, he blamed me for who she was when she grew up," Killian explained.

"You mean—"

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in confusion. "But my sister said that she

was. She

am afraid I do not understand what

anyone. "Lyra was never truly there, bubbles. She was unhinged, and it became even more intense when she found those she called her people. They were an unsolicited group of people. I am half sure that they were not even legal. And I don’t know what their deal was, but every time she returned, Lyra would return with a bunch of bruises all over her body." Seeing her perplexed look, he smiled weakly. "I don’t really understand myself, but she said that it was something they did for the

he said could have stunned Inez more than

pack, but it’s not like that. Back there, Lyra knew that everyone thought that was abusing her, knew about the whispers and rumours, but she didn’t care. I tried to help her, but I couldn’t because she didn’t want my help.

me that all that Lyra needed was my love, and she would be fine as long as she had that. And I did try to love her as much as I could because somewhere I felt guilty because of Fenric’s words. I thought that maybe it was really

pain and rejection in his voice made her siren whine. She didn’t like that he was upset because of another woman, but she also didn’t like that he was rejected and wronged like that. Even Inez felt a bit annoyed—no, a lot annoyed. How could

She placed her hand on top of

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