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Chapter 196
Ethan
I tried very hard to keep my breathing normal.
Justin’s voice was practically a whisper at this point, pained and hollow and heartbreakingly filled with regret.
“It happened so fast. Like I blacked out. But it couldn’t have taken more than a minute or two…” he sniffed, wiping his nose, trying to restrain the tears that threatened to escape. The pain that went through my own chest, seeing my mate so torn--it brought tears to my own eyes. I would have given anything to take away his regret and pain but I knew that this was a burden that fell far from my reach.
“My father saw the whole thing, and didn’t even stop it.”
“What?” I fell back in my own chair, for the first time my ha
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