Chapter 36 - Time for atonement

Azazel

Bloody Mathias, what a wanker making Nevaeh feel unwanted. Taking a deep breath, I walk back to the living room and face Mathias. I don’t bloody care if he’s the Council’s top enforcer. He hurt Nevaeh, and I will not stand for that. “You’re a right foul git, you know that?”

Mathias’ brows arch in warning at my bold words, but I’m too angry to care. “You sit here as if your bollocks are made of steel when you and I both know that nineteen years ago, you shagged Nevaeh’s mother after getting knackered. Well? Do you deny it?”

Mathias sifts his fingers through his hair. “I…I can’t deny it. I lost Marael and was searching for her killer when I hit a dead end. I didn’t know what to do. The woman I loved was gone, and I couldn’t find the being responsible for her death. It was at my lowest moment that I wandered into the nightclub.  I was busy trying to