Chapter 17: Stir

Kahlan POV

My eyes went wide with shock. At first, I thought my ears were playing tricks on me.

I stood up angrily. "What the fuck are you talking about, you moron?" I yelled at him.

It wasn't that I didn't expect it but it was surprising that Eric's beta would be betraying him. Well, serve him right. For someone so wicked like him, the moon goddess would intentionally place his doom beside him.

"Marco, that's my name," he whispered. "You are quite stubborn and then not as brilliant as I think you were."

His remark caught me off guard and I felt another surge of anger. If I wasn't so locked up, I would have shifted and attacked him at this moment. Even Though he would have an upper hand since he was a beta, I would still love to smash his face.

"Isn't that what you wanted to hear?" Marco continued. "You wanted to hear Eric tell you that he killed your parents?"

"I want his honesty, I want the truth!" I complained. "He shouldn't do something and deny it. He's not the Alpha, he's