Maxwell’s POVI hadn’t meant the words to sound the way they did. They had spilled out of me raw, heavy, like something dredged up from the depths of my own guilt and shame.I hadn’t been the reason behind Frederick’s accident, I knew that. And yet, in the quiet of the night, when it was just her and me, I’d let the thought slip, how my interference had led to this mess, how if I’d done things differently, maybe he wouldn’t be lying in that hospital bed, unmoving, unresponsive.But I hadn’t known Alexander was there.“You tried to kill Frederick?” His voice boomed through the entryway, and my body turned rigid.My heart jolted painfully against my ribs. I turned to face him, my mouth going dry, the words I wanted to speak suddenly trapped in my throat. His frame filled the doorway like some avenging figure, his eyes blazing as though I’d just handed him the final piece of evidence he needed to condemn me.“Wait,” I croaked, my voice breaking. For the first time in years, I actually st
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