Chapter 21

Genevieve knew that this day would come. The day when she had to show Cole the whole truth—the day when he’d probably rip her head from her body out of rage.

The day when she showed him that he had known Syanna long before Unici.

And just like she anticipated, his eyes were bright in anger as they snapped open.

“Get the hell away from me,” Cole growled as steam rose from his skin.

Genevieve gulped. “I did it for your own good, Cole,” she told him, trying to calm him down. But instead, this made him even angrier. She knew that when she showed Cole the truth, he’d hate her even more. She didn’t know why that thought bugged her so much, yet it did.

“My own good!” He laughed, but it was void of humour. “Do you know what my first memory is, Genevieve? Seeing you, who took me and brought me to a place that I hated! Do you know how much more peace I would’ve had for the past two years if I had remembered that I met Syanna!?”

He ran his hand through his hair.

“Gosh, I... I knew her all