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.

I had tried to grasp onto disappeared with a force I didn’t even remember.

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

was 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

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

planned this. They had planned this. Right from the very first moment. How had I not seen

from the blank screen in front of me. The screen that I

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

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

and then the chair across from me scraped as someone sat down. Still, I

say anything for a while. Then, her voice

worse than

Elaine.

wanted. But instead, she looked at me the way she used to when we were kids–like she was disappointed, like I

you took a

seeing her. The words were like static in my brain, but

saying about you?” she continued,

didn’t speak.

complete it by drowning in your misery.” She glared at me, her eyes

The idea of going out. Of doing something. Anything. But 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 frozen in my chair, but she glanced at me, a quiet command in

up. We’re going.”

stomach. It was flat, still. No sign

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

the hell did I even

“Grayson Stephen Blackwood.”

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

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didn’t flinch. “He still speaks. Thank

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

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I didn’t remember anything except the numbness that had taken over my body. The empty hole in my chest. But her words… her 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

I barely even registered the hot water running over me. My mind was a blur, my thoughts scattered. Nothing

was still a blur as I stumbled after Elaine, my feet moving mechanically. I

knew, though–knew–that the eyes on me were filled with

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. Everything felt distant, disconnected. Numbness had crept in, settling deep in my

was dark, dim lighting casting long shadows on the walls. The air was thick with the smell of alcohol, the low murmur

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