Chapter 268 268: The face-off.

Lyla

Nathan's jaw clenched. "And you expect me to believe that? To stand down and let Ramsey take everything?"

"Ideally you started all of these in the first place, Nathan. You rebelled against the White Moon Throne, insulted Ramsey and…"

"So what?" he straightened fully and stalked towards me with a smirk playing on his lips. "Are you now team Ramsey? He's a Lycan, Lyla. He's half man, half beast. Do you think he would ever accept you as his own? You think he will love you for who you are. The only reason why Ramsey suddenly realized that he loves you is because you're now worth something and…"

"I won't stand here and listen to you say nonsense!" I interrupted him taking a step towards him. I could feel the familiar simmer of anger rising within me again. "You're an ungrateful bastard even back then and now."

"And what of you?" he fired back looking me squarely in my eyes. "I saved you. I wasted four years of my life in a dungeon because of you and yet…"

"You killed my father!" I didn't allow him to finish. "You killed those Alphas from the Gala night who teased and goddess knows who else…"

His expression shifted and he took a step back. "You've convinced yourself that you did all of these for me. When did I ever tell you to kill people on my behalf? And my father because of the relationship he has with your dad chose to bury everything under the rug and yet you refuse to change…"

He stared at me for a few seconds before he chuckled. "Our systems are slow to mete out justice, Lyla. Everything I did back then, I did it because they were deserving and ideally, I didn't kill your dad. Your sister, Clarissa did. She provided his itinerary to those rogue wolves and they did their thing."

You're vile and evil. For a moment, I wanted to blame it on Xander who has

"How did you

just like back then because

fired back. "Whatever I do, I do on my own accord and not because

deeply, shaking my head. "Just stop whatever it is that you're doing. I'll go back to White Moon and convince Ramsey to stop and he

naïve. I am not turning back, I am not afraid of death, Lyla. You left me for the geezer. You made me fuck your sister

Nathan before. I couldn't believe I ignored all of these signs and for what? I had no idea. Was this what happened with Thames and Neriah? When Thames started

"Listen to me, Nathan…"

chance to make your stake with your

he had an incredible sense of judgment and responsibility different from what you're doing right

jaw clenched, and for the first time,

else? Are you also leaving Ramsey to be with another

a deep breath, stepping closer. "This war… it's not what you think. There's more at play than just you and Ramsey. If you

"The Moon

care what you think of me or my motives. But I'm telling you the truth. If you meet Ramsey in battle, you will die. And Blue

conflict in his eyes – the warrior's pride warring with the leader's duty to protect his people. For a moment, I thought I'd gotten through to him again. But then his expression hardened once

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