Asher’s POV“This is a crazy deal.” I said. “You really thought we would just hand him back to you?” Gustavo’s voice carried a mocking ease, like he was savoring the moment, his lips curling into a grin that set every nerve in me on fire“I thought,” I said slowly, my gaze flicking from him to Anna, “that blood would mean something even to you”Anna tilted her head, “Blood is what ruined us, Asher, don’t try to wield it like it’s sacred, you forfeited any claim to it when you tried to erase me in that forest”“I didn’t try,” I shot back, anger tightening in my throat, “I thought you were gone, I thought I had killed you, and I’ve lived with that weight every single day, do you think I wanted that?”She laughed, a bitter, humorless sound that scraped the air, “You didn’t want it? Then why did you never look for me, why didn’t you wonder if maybe I had survived, no, you built your life on my grave and convinced yourself you were the righteous one”I wanted to argue and to tell her she
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