Chapter 222

The very mention of Alexander’s name made my eyes gutter. I loathed the notion, but if he had anything

to do with this…

Would he have angrily caused the fire on my family’s home after I specifically asked him not to destroy it? Could that forged contract have been the catalyst for him doing something so vengeful and heinous?

I couldn’t imagine the Alexander I knew doing something like that. But right now, I couldn’t entirely rule

it out.

And Lilith was right; if he knew I had snuck out and was here, he might distrust me even more. Not to mention the fact that if he had anything to do with the fire, I might be putting myself in and my child in grave danger by showing myself here.

“I’ll go,” Lilith said then, gently ushering me back into the shadows of the forest where I couldn’t be spotted. “I’ll look around and ask someone. Stay here. I’ll be right back.”

I nodded, and Lilith gave my hand one last squeeze before hurrying over to the wreckage. I watched her the entire time, my hand pressed flat against a nearby tree to steady myself. Her form blurred behind my tears, but I saw her jog up to a firefighter and ask something.

The firefighter shook his head grimly. Lilith hesitated, and they exchanged a few more words before she

returned to me.

it,” I choked out, turning away. “I

didn’t say a word. Just pulled me close and held me

help it anymore. One tear came, then another, and soon I was sobbing openly into her shoulder, leaving behind damp marks on her shirt where my tears and saliva fell. Lilith


soothing circles on

out between sobs. “It was

And now… Now…”

I

me on my feet and

look at me.

face in her hands. “I know it hurts, but they’re just things. And

sharp gasp. Her hand clapped over her mouth, and she exclaimed

I pulled back and looked down at my legs. I hadn’t realized it during my pathetic wailing,

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my jeans. There was so much of it that it


to pool up in

I could do was stare

gripping my shoulders. “It must be from the

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