Chapter 190

Chapter 190

-Grayson’s POV-

25th July–Rickon.

26th July–Isabella.

27th July–Maria.

28th July–Isabella.

31st July–Ricardo.

2nd August–Isabella.

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3rd August–Rickon.

4th August–Maria.

7th August–A call from Carter.

That was the sequence in which the intervention happened. I really didn’t know if they had a schedule on who should come to talk to me or when. But I didn’t care because everything they said centered around the same damn thing.

“Things aren’t as bad as they seem.”

“You might not have your wolf, but that doesn’t mean everyone is not still scared of you. No one would dare challenge your throne.”

“You’re full of bullshit because you know Ava would never do this.”

“Do you hear me? Full of bullshit.”

“You still haven’t gone to see her? Do you know what you are putting her through right now?”

“Grayson, can you hear me? Are you even listening?”

The last four, along with some deeply colorful curses, came from Isabella in person.

Was I listening? I didn’t even know anymore. But I guess if I could replay everything that had been said to me over the last two weeks, then I must have been.

Two weeks.

out, since the happiness I had tried to grasp onto disappeared with a force I didn’t even remember. The moments

Yes, I said loved. I might not have been able to say it out loud, but I loved her. I

show them you are weak, and they will walk all over you.‘ And I had shown Ava Pierce every vulnerable side of me. I had given her everything, thinking that maybe, just

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more painful than the betrayal

start, she had planned this. They had planned this. Right from the very

look up from the blank screen in front of me. The screen

didn’t care about anything. Everything was numb. The voices, the intervention–nothing registered anymore. I was lost in the hollow

to glance at the door, but it felt like too much of

A shuffle, and then the chair

it was didn’t say anything for a while. Then, her voice cut

even worse than what

Elaine.

she wanted. But instead, she looked at me the way she used to when we were kids–like she was disappointed, like I had done something to annoy her, but she had no choice but to care. No choice but

you took a shower? Or ate something?” she asked.

unsure if I was even really seeing her. The words were like static in my brain, but I

heard what people are saying about you?” she continued, her tone sharp.

I didn’t

then at least complete it by drowning in your misery.”

now, from the pain that consumed me. But she was already rising, determined, moving with purpose. I

up. We’re going.”

at her stomach. It was flat, still. No sign of a

didn’t know why I was thinking about it. Why it even

the hell did I even

“Grayson Stephen Blackwood.”

my full name hit me like a punch to the gut. It pulled me out of my thoughts, but only for a moment. I glared at her, the anger bubbling up with sudden intensity. “I told you

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“He still speaks. Thank

away instantly. It took too much effort to maintain it. She didn’t wait for me to reply. Her eyes softened, a little, and she gestured to the bathroom. “The fancy bathroom you built in here has finally come in handy,” she said, her voice more gentle now. “I’m not walking around with you looking like this. Please,

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had taken over my body. The empty hole in my chest. But her words… her tone. I stood. The action felt robotic,

mind was a blur, my thoughts

I stumbled after Elaine, my feet moving mechanically. I didn’t even question it, didn’t ask why I was following

them out. I knew, though–knew–that the eyes on me were filled with shock. Shock that Grayson

It

taking me to an exclusive, quieter area. I sat down automatically. Everything felt distant, disconnected. Numbness

air was thick with the smell of alcohol, the

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