Vengeance With My White Knight by Maya Kensington

Chapter 166

Chapter 166

Macro froze, his brain buzzing one second and blank the next.

He stared at Sebastian, eyebrows scrunching up as he said. “If he’s still alive, why hasn’t he even tried reaching Soda all this

Sebastian just looked back, not saying a word.

Why? The question sat there, heavy.

For a split second, Sebastian’s eyes darkened, and he dropped his gaze to the floor.

It was quiet in the room, with wind sneaking through the cracks, whistling faintly.

That weird call–it was Caitlin again, dialing Stephanie from yet another borrowed phone.

God knows how many phones the Hart family had burned through by now. Their own phones had been blocked, yap, all ar them

When Caitlin’s voice came through, it was wild and rough. “He’s your brother! How can you be so cold about this?”

“Stephanie, what’s your heart even made of–ice? You’re fine letting your own brother lose his hands? You- Her voice shoot hard, like she was about to lose it.

She’d already passed out once from pure rage. Now she was back, and her anger was blazing hotter than ever.

The second the call picked up, she let loose, hurling accusations like a stormi

Stephanie’s eyes narrowed just a bit, but her voice stayed cool, almost flat. “Icy heart or not, how would you know? None of you ever bothered trying to warm it up.”

People always said a cold heart couldn’t soften–but they had ever given hers a shot.

The Hart family sure hadn’t. They’d never come close, not even a little.

Instead, they’d shown her from day one how chilly family ties could really be.

Caitlin gritted her teeth, her voice snapping through the phone. “You-

Stephanie didn’t let her finish. “Tyler knows damn well why his hands are messed up.”

“Stephanie Caitlin’s voice spiked, loud and sharp. The anger in her chest was bursting out.

Leaning against the wall, Stephanie kept going, totally unfazed. “After Olivia got sent overseas, he came after me more than once. You knew that, right?”

Caitlin went quiet. It hitched, like someone had grabbed her by the neck.

“What’d you say?” she asked, her voice wobbling.

Stephanie kept her tone light. “That time I almost got snatched–you called it me being paranoid. But you knew it was Tyler didn’t you? Just wanted to cover for him.

Stephanie’s tone was breezy.

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Her words but harder, though, making Caitlin gasp loud enough to hear. “How did you Caitlin stumbled, words tangling up.

smirk creeping in. From Caitlin’s rattled tone, Stephanie

with a quiet, bitter laugh. Same

protect an

like that! Yeah, he screwed up that one time, but I laid into

if I’d gotten taken that day,

Caitlin’s excuses–her ears were

like Tyler was five, and a

after all your ‘talks?” she added,

sped up, getting shallow, like

stop. “When I called the cops, you guys pulled strings to hush it up, didn’t you?”

nothing to say. The line went dead

gentle breeze in the room seemed to hold

up for him now? Save

back–they should’ve been

is, they’d already been smashed once.

nothing was gonna happen. The Hart family

asked.

when Tyler staggered out of a

barely hat the sidewalk when she yanked a sack over his head and bashed his hands with a baseball bat,

there.

little thing–like a gust of wind

toughened up

softness, she kept telling herself she had to survive, to watch her own back–at least until Sebastian showed up, she’d

her own two

for the people who screwed her over? She hit back at every single

screwed up, but I put a stop to it after, didn’t I? You didn’t even get hurt,” Caitlin

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let out a dry laugh, one side of her mouth twitching up. “Oh, got it. So I’m always the bad guy here,

Caitlin fumbled. “T….

hard, tightening her chest like a weight had dropped on it,

have to act like this? I’ve been trying so hard to keep things cool,” Caitlin

“Olivia’s out there with no help, Tyler’s

this is what I get for begging you to come back? Stephanie, tell me–what else are you gonna do

the victim card, like it was all her fault. Her heart went

scoffed quietly

“Pretty sure I’m the one who paid first.”

because of you guys more than once. She

The third time,

good at a lot,” she said, pausing, “but if someone messes with me, I mess back. If

stay the hell away from me. And drop the ‘family‘ act–we were never tight.

turns into traps, and when they fall apart, I’m the one

clicked her tongue, so

on the Harts–short,

setup. Got her butt kicked how many times now? Still didn’t learn

stuck on a loop with

a sentence out, Stephanie ran out of patience and hung

family? Whatever “price” they’d paid, she figured they were

second she got back to Fiorenza, the Hart family would find every excuse in the