Anesha's POVTo catch a lion, you must first walk into its home. See beyond all the fear and the shaking in your legs. Your raging heart beat, the understanding that in one wrong move you could end up in-between its jaws. And face the prowling beast, knowing that it too has a plan of its own. That's how I felt after Matilda said those words to me. Like I'd walked into a lion's den and I wasn't strong enough to catch it. “Why would you want to hurt him that way?” I can't keep the tremors in my voice away. “What did he do to you?” “His very life is an insult. One that I had to bear for the past 30 years. But I guess that isn't the whole truth.” She set the cup on the table carefully, glaring into its contents as her words set the hair on my skin on its ends. “That abomination was left standing while my son was swept away into the darkness. That is what I can not forgive.” I can't help the indignation that pushes through me. The fact that despite his efforts to protect his family, M
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