Chapter 99 – Forgiveness–2
–LIA’S POV–
His gaze filled with remorse. “Just to talk, Lia. I swear.”
“Okay. Speak,” I stated.
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“I’m sorry,” he cried, eyebrows furrowing. “I have made a million mistakes in the last few days. I know that. But I swear by the Goddess, you’re everything to me, Lia. I… I can see that you’ve—you’ve made a choice already, you’ve made up your mind, about who you want to be with. But please, Lia, at least let us be friends.” His voice broke at the end, and a couple of tears left his eyes.
I felt no pity for him.
“The audacity,” Sheila said through gritted teeth.
“I don’t want anything to do with you, Blake. After what your did, I lost all respect I had for you,” I stated. “It’s in your best interest to forget about me.”
“Forget about you?” Blake scoffed, wiping away his tears. “Lia, you’re–” he stepped towards me, only for Zane to growl and step between us. He grabbed Blake’s collar.
“You wanna speak to her, you use your voice while at a distance, you understand?” Zane warned. “Do not for a second, think I
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will let you even breathe the same air as her. I am only showing. restraint because Lia deserves some sense of normalcy in her life, something we already snatched away from her. Do not push me to hurt you again, Adams. You won’t survive it this time, I promise.”
Blake glanced at me, as if expecting me to side with him or try to protect him.
I stared back at him, my face hard.
“Lia,” he said softly, completely ignoring Zane’s words. “Please, at least give me a chance to explain myself. I know what it looked like, I cannot even imagine how much it must’ve hurt you. But I can swear on anything, I don’t know what happened that day. I wasn’t in control of myself, Lia. I think… I think The Order had something to do with it. Maybe whatever they used on that wolf of theirs somehow infected me too. Otherwise, I would’ve never–”
“Bullshit,” Zane snapped, cutting him off. “You think we’re
idiots?”
I frowned, uncertain.
“No, Zane, you’re not an idiot. But trust me when I tell you, you guys have no idea what you’re dealing with. The Order is a threat. You cannot underestimate them. I could never even imagine myself hurting her, and yet, that day, it felt completely natural to do what I tried to do. That was not me, Zane. I’m not
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