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Chapter 43

Author: Precious
last update publish date: 2026-08-19 20:22:26

ELLA POV

Packing for a trip back into James's territory should have felt like walking toward my own execution. Instead, I found myself oddly calm, folding a single change of clothes into a bag while Aria hovered in the doorway looking like she wanted to physically block the exit.

"You don't have to do this," she said, for what had to be the fifth time that morning.

"We've had this conversation." I zipped the bag closed and looked up at her. "Someone has to talk to him directly, Aria, and it can
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