CHAPTER 157: I'LL CONFESSCATHERINE:I stood in the hall, my hands trembling so hard I had to clench them into fists to keep from falling apart. I was just watching this whole mess unfold like it was some twisted reality TV show, but the stakes were my life and my future. Delilah—the woman who just a few minutes ago was claiming to be the mother of Jordan’s kids—was now on her knees, shaking like a leaf in a storm. The "wife" act was gone, replaced by pure, uncut terror."Please," she sobbed, her forehead nearly touching the cold marble floor. "Please, just let me go. I can't take the oath. I’ll leave, I’ll never come back, I’ll vanish!"But Jordan wasn't having any of it. He stood over her like a dark god, his shadow completely swallowing her up. "Take the oath," he growled, his voice vibrating through the floorboards and up into the soles of my feet. "Pick up that staff and swear you're telling the truth, or I’ll end this right now."Delilah kept begging, her voice getting high and
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