Natalie~
My breath hitched, sharp and hollow.
So this was it.
This was the twisted root behind all the pain I had dragged myself through?
I stared at Darius, my voice low, almost calm — too calm. "This was the reason you killed my parents?"
He flinched like I'd struck him across the face. Good. He should feel it. Every word.
"You murdered them," I said, louder now, my voice cutting through the silence dungeon. "Because my father got in your way? Because you thought killing him would make me yours? And my mother? Was she just collateral damage? Same as my friend and his family?"
For years, the question had lived in my mind like a ghost — always lingering, always whispering when I was alone. Why? Why would Darius, my father's closest friend, betray him like that? The man he trusted more than anyone?
