《TEMPORARY MATES, PERMANENT CRAVINGS 》全部章節：第 261 章 - 第 265 章

Evangeline POVThe days had blurred together until I no longer knew who I was, what I felt, or how to keep my thoughts from slipping away.Even though the rational part of me knew my mother had chosen to sacrifice me instead of saving me, I still wished it hadn't been by my hands. If I could turn back time, I would.The guilt stayed with me, and no amount of justification made it easier to carry.Cassidy, the woman I was supposed to kill, had taken me to an ordinary house. That surprised me. After everything she'd said about Meridian coming for me, I expected hidden bunkers, armed guards, and rituals carved into every wall. Instead, I'd spent two nights in a normal home.Even stranger, nobody whispered inside my head. The only thing destroying me was what I'd done.Now I was about to stand before Lisa, confess everything, and ask for forgiveness.The woman I used to be would've laughed at the idea. She would've dismissed Lisa as nothing more than a cheap surrogate, mocked her to her f

Cameron POVNadia screamed and clapped, unable to contain herself. Franklin sat opposite me with a grin that refused to leave his face, as though we'd finally stumbled onto the answer after groping around in the dark."I can't believe this," Nadia said. "The answers were right there in our hands, and we didn't even have to break into a sweat. Well, except Cameron who had to suffer through all of this."Franklin laughed. "I thought we'd have to survive an apocalypse just to get you out of this mess."Their excitement never reached me.They kept talking, throwing jokes back and forth while I rolled my pen between my fingers. Nadia stopped smiling. She exchanged a glance with Franklin. I'd seen that look before. Ever since Dominion came into our lives, silence always made people wonder whether it had found another way in."What's eating you?" Franklin asked. "If this is about Lisa..."He stopped when I looked up."Oh," Nadia murmured. "It is about her.""You all owe me an explanation,"

Lisa POVThe days crawled by, and I didn't know what to do with myself. Cameron was with the Daughters. The rituals had begun, and nobody would tell us how they were going. Every morning I woke expecting news, and every night I lay awake wondering whether he was still alive.We hadn't heard anything from Kieran or Franklin. Cassidy and Joanna never came either, although women moved in and out of the safe house to check on us while guards stayed posted outside. That was the only change. People passed through the warehouse all day, but nobody stopped to tell us anything.Sometimes my mother would ask the women, hoping for something more, and they always gave the same answer."The rituals are still going on.""I'm afraid, Mom," I said as she pulled me against her.She kissed my forehead."Well, I'm trying not to be," she said. "You're the one making me nervous.""Don't blame me. It's so spooky. I can't imagine anything good coming out of it.""If we keep expecting the worst, how is that