Varkos**I stood there, still covered in Maria’s blood. For a second, Ginnie’s words didn’t register with me; it felt distant, muffled, as if I were underwater. “Varko…talk to me. What happened?!” Ginnie barked, taking one shaky step forward, her gaze still locked on Lily.Something inside me snapped.The grief, the rage, the guilt — everything I had been holding back since I woke up chained to that chair, erupted like a volcano.“You want to know what happened?” My voice started low and dangerous, then grew loud, echoing through the dark room. “You happened, Ginnie!”She flinched as if I had slapped her. “W..what are you talking about?”“You hid her from me for six fucking years!” The words exploded out of me, raw and ugly as I took a step toward her, my hands shaking with barely contained rage. “My daughter! My own blood! You let me live in the dark while you raised her alone, telling her I was dead. You were selfish, Ginnie! You were so afraid I would take Lily from you…and now yo
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