Chapter 341: Deep Feelings

But her words didn’t help. Instead, her actions pushed them further away.

She let her dislike for Nnenna than ever, loud, clear, and unfiltered. She told herself it was a strategy, another excuse, a cover up. But part of her wasn’t sure anymore.

They all thought she was being unreasonable. That she was jealous, petty, or just scared. In truth, she was none of those things, or maybe all of them.

She wanted them to see the truth. That she had made a huge sacrifice. That she was the one trying to save them from death. But she couldn’t say a word about the deal. Couldn’t reveal what the man had told her.

Because if they knew…

They would never look at her the same way again.

So instead, she made sure to cover her tracks. She reached out to the strange man’s contact. She kept her head low. Told him everything. She followed all the rules he gave her.

And in return, he promised one thing

She would never be exposed.

But promises like that… don’t always last forever.

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Present Day

Karen smiled, a cold, mocking smile.

She had given them everything. Every detail King Eglon needed. Every twist and turn of the rescue mission. She had made sure it would fail, but in a way that no one would suspect her.

That was the key.

Look like a hero, act like a friend, betray them in silence.

She had done it perfectly.

Even when the mission collapsed, even when they were captured, she showed just enough fear, just enough shock… just enough to blend in.

would be released

And then?

she would twist the story. She would say she negotiated. That she used her intelligence and bravery to save the others. That she was the

Nnenna. Not

But now…

Eglon had turned

in front of John, and very soon, the whole team. The reactions

what

when she

when it was done

fists tightly, a fire

the first time… she

pawn in someone else’s bigger

looked up at John, her voice

did it for

He just stood there,

Nothing had changed.

herself just as much as him. “He was going

raised her voice,

it

said quietly, but it silenced

was steady, but the anger beneath it

it

Karen flinched.

slipping from his lips. “I believed you were a good person. That maybe… you would change. That if I stood by you long enough, you would finally see

it wasn’t warm. It

never even gave me the decency of rejecting me. You just…

looked away for a

I let myself be played. That’s on me. I don’t

her though she wasn’t sure. But she didn’t want to

the full weight of the guilt she was avoiding for years. Guilt was clawing its way

John looked back at her, eyes dark,

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