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.

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

have been able to say it out loud, but I loved her. I had loved her, and in a

the word my father spat out the most. ‘You show them you are weak, and they will walk all over you.‘ And I had shown Ava Pierce every

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Something better. But it only proved my father right. Even more painful than the betrayal itself was the realization that what she had

very start, she had planned this. They had planned this. Right from the very first moment. How had I not

the door, and I didn’t even bother to look up from the blank screen in front of me. The screen that I couldn’t focus on, couldn’t care

care about anything. Everything was numb.

knock, this time louder, more insistent. Probably Isabella. She was the most persistent. I raised my head just enough to glance at the door,

across the floor. A shuffle, and then the chair across from me scraped

anything for a while. Then, her voice cut through

worse than what I

Elaine.

that Ava was finally gone just like 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.

a shower? Or ate something?” she asked.

if I was even really seeing her. The words

are saying about you?” she

I didn’t

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

it felt too far removed from the man I was now, from the pain that consumed me. But she was already rising, determined, moving with purpose. I was still

We’re going.”

looked at her stomach. It was flat, still. No sign

I was thinking about it. Why

hell did I

“Grayson Stephen Blackwood.”

for

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didn’t flinch. “He still speaks. Thank the Moon Goddess.”

for me to reply. Her eyes softened, a little, and she gestured to the bathroom. “The

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tone. I stood. The action felt robotic, like I was going through the motions. I walked around the desk that suddenly seemed too large, and I picked up the suit she had brought. I didn’t even think about it. I just… walked to the bathroom.

automatic. I barely even registered the hot water running over me. My mind was a blur, my thoughts scattered. Nothing made sense. It was as if I was watching myself from outside my body, detached, barely

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

couldn’t quite make them out. I knew, though–knew–that the eyes on me were filled with shock. Shock that Grayson Blackwood, once so high above the

as powerful as it used to. It felt distant now,

and without thinking, I followed Elaine inside. She led me through the crowd, taking me to an exclusive, quieter area. I sat down automatically.

walls. The air was thick with the smell

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