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.

Stephanie finished for her, a little smirk creeping in. From Caitlin’s

she thought with a quiet, bitter laugh.

chuckle, dripping with sarcasm. “Makes sense, though. If you’d protect an adopted daughter like that, of course

it’s not like that! Yeah, he screwed up

if I’d gotten taken that day, what would’ve happened to me?”

hearing more of Caitlin’s excuses–her ears were already buzzing.

into him? It was not like Tyler was five, and a quick

after all your ‘talks?” she

like she was choking on

stop. “When I called the cops, you guys pulled strings to hush it

to say. The

the room seemed to hold

up for him

with that idea ages back–they

been smashed once.

she called the cops and figured out nothing was gonna happen. The Hart family had buried it, no

asked.

when Tyler staggered out of a bar

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

there.

Fiorenza, under Sebastian’s wing, she’d been this fragile little thing–like a gust of wind could knock her down.

the Casalini mess, after she ditched Fiorenza, she toughened up quick. She learned to take the

of that old softness, she kept telling herself she had to survive, to watch her own back–at least until

it together with her own two hands,

over? She hit back at every single

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

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one side of her mouth twitching up. “Oh, got it. So I’m

Caitlin fumbled. “T….

tightening her chest

act like this? I’ve been trying so hard to keep things cool,” Caitlin said, her voice shaky and full of seemingly hurt,

“Olivia’s out there with no help, Tyler’s got one hand left, and the company’s about to crash.”

you to come back? Stephanie, tell me–what else are you gonna do to us?” Caitlin’s scream ripped through the phone, raw

watched her play the victim card, like it

mom? She scoffed quietly to herself.

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

of you guys more than once. She leaned on

was that mess with Olivia, then Tyler coming at her three different times. The third time, she’d smashed one of his hands–and that

messes with me,

from me. And drop the ‘family‘

when they fall apart, I’m the one who ends up swinging. Then you still point

tongue, so over this

take on the Harts–short, simple,

setup. Got her

Caitlin stuttered, stuck on a loop with nothing

get a sentence out, Stephanie ran out of

paid, she figured they were

she got back to Fiorenza, the Hart family would find every excuse in the book to blow up her phone