chapter 12

Chapter 12

Maria’s POV

I still not bring myself to believe that Ethan had hurt me, he was like a different person, I had never seen him that way before, he always listened to me but tonight, it was like a beast had overtaken him completely.

I sat in my room not really knowing what to do, the tension between the two brothers was getting even worse and I was somehow caught in the middle of it.

When Ethan had struck me and Alexander had caught me in his arms, I had never felt so safe, I had immediately felt ashamed of those feelings the moment they had come, I had no reason feeling what I felt.

A sigh escaped my lips as my head fell into my hands and my hair fell over and covered my face, how on earth did my life become so completed all of a sudden.

A knock on the door had me raising my head and breaking my disturbed thoughts.

“Who is it?” I called out.

“It’s me, can I come in please?” Ethan’s voice drifted across the door.

Even from where I sat, I could hear the sadness in his voice, my