~Lia~My gaze slid from Spade to the witch, to Alpha Seth, and I saw judgment, anger, and resentment. These people don’t know me. They see me as the rogue who ruined Serena’s life, but then my eyes landed on Declan. We go way back, and time has honed us into enemies.There was a time I would’ve jumped off a cliff if Declan had told me it was the safest way to escape monsters lurking in the dark. But those days were long gone. I broke his trust, and that’s the curse of betraying someone important—you spend every beating second hearing in your head that whisper, ‘He’d do the same to you.‘Call me a masochist, but I lifted my chin and asked him, anyway. “How can I trust you?”His jaw ticked, brows knitting tight before he stepped forward. Spade moved aside, clearing the way for Declan.“Trust me?” Declan repeated, his teeth ground together. He was close enough to wrap his fingers around my neck and snap it like kindling if he wanted.Testing him, I tilted my chin higher, daring him. If I
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