Chapter 82

“Shut up!” she screamed, voice cracking. “You think you know

everything! You’re just a manipulative little bitch!”

“I don’t have to know everything,” I said, “I just have to know

him.”

She screamed again and slapped me, hard enough to make my

head whip sideways.

Pain burst through my skull, but I forced myself not to cry out. I

was shaking inside, but I couldn’t afford to look weak.

“You think you’re smart?” she hissed. “You think that smug little

mouth of yours will save you?”

I didn’t reply.

Chole gritted her teeth. “He told me–he said I was his peace.

That he needed me. We’ve been together so many times behind


your back. He touched me the same way he touched you. More

passionately, even.”

“I believe you,” I said flatly.

She blinked.

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“I believe he touched you,” I clarified. “But I also believe he

would’ve moved on completely if you hadn’t staged that press

stunt. That hospital act. What was next, Chole? A wedding dress

and a priest?”

Her face flushed. “You don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“No,” I said, “but I do know that this–tying me up, threatening to

mutilate me–that’s not love. That’s obsession. And obsession

never ends well.”


Chole’s hands shook. Her eyes flickered toward the door.

isn’t

the advantage. “He’s with

Do you really

You know his power. He won’t

this to the source. And you’ll

by then,” she snapped, though her

earlier fire. “I’ll disappear.”

into what?” I asked quietly. “You’re not

a Windsor. You think Alexander or the

know where to find

deal with it!” she

a voice from behind the door.


male.

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Chole froze.

end her already” the man said

She’s

back at me. Her hands trembled, and

thought I saw fear

Not for me.

For herself.

stayed quiet. Blood trickled down my jaw, soaking the collar

I didn’t move. My wrists were raw from the

me, but I felt

struggling against the wolfsbane.


Olivia’s POV

voice dripped with triumph as she

glittering in the dim light. “I’ve written your

like you killed

and

into a malicious grin.

bound by the

the bruises

slanted to the side–my vision blurred. “Why?”

“Why are you

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Chole froze.

already,” the man said


She’s a liability.

me. Her hands trembled,

saw fear in

Not for me.

For herself.

stayed quiet. Blood trickled down my jaw, soaking the collar

I didn’t move. My wrists

was silent inside me, but I felt her

struggling against the wolfsbane.

Olivia’s POV

voice dripped with triumph as she raised the

glittering in the dim light.

hissed. “It will look like you

Ethan and my

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