Chapter 46

JAX:

I wasn't betrayed... I was used. And the feeling was even worse than a broken trust.

From the moment the door was banged as Manuel exited the room, I haven't been myself. This was me going through a lot more than I can handle and it was even on a different level from realizing that I was caught up in a smoke of bane which I inhaled a substantial amount of.

Why didn't I see the signs? Why didn't I notice that the being I trusted the most only wanted to use me to achieve an end goal that didn't even need me in the picture? He was working for me but all along it was me working for him. The irony of things.

"Ow!" I hear that from across me and I look up to see Rozeta still struggling to get free from the chains she was bounded against.

There was a clear indication that she has been hurt by the material emanating from the chains and that was made obvious when she then proceeds to say: "Why does this shit hurt?"

"It's silver," I say, "It has to hurt."

She looks up at me all confused. "