Semua Bab Reborn After My Vampire Husband Betrayed Me and I Let My Stepsister Take My Place: Bab 11 - Bab 14

Ryan's POVAfter the wedding, I was summoned to the Elder Council to be reprimanded.The truth had come out: that I had known about Caleb's plan and deliberately let the assassination proceed.They stared at me across the table and accused me of endangering my brother for the sake of political positioning, and of using my own bride as a shield.They weren't wrong. I’d acted deliberately. I could have moved clear of that bullet, and it had been obvious to everyone that I'd made a choice not to.And Vicky had made it worse. In front of the entire room, she had asked me why I pulled her in front of the gun. That question had put the Elder Council fully on alert.I sat through the reprimand with a face like stone, barely hearing it.My hands were shaking.Not from the dressing-down, not from losing part of my authority, not even from the confinement that came after.My mind was entirely on Elena. Entirely on getting her back.When night fell, I slipped out of the holding chamber and follow

Elena's POVI had expected that I would never fall in love with anyone again.On the day I married Jason, I almost believed that love itself was only a more elaborate kind of trap. First it gave you a little warmth, then it pulled you, degree by degree, into the mud.By the time you realized something was wrong, your body and your heart were both beyond repair.So after the wedding, even though I had some goodwill toward Jason, I kept it at a careful distance, cordial and correct.I was grateful that he hadn't let go of my hand in the hall. Grateful that he had let me keep my dignity in front of all those people.But gratitude and a small measure of goodwill were not love.I was too afraid to give my heart out again.Jason noticed this almost immediately.He never asked about the details of what had happened between me and Ryan. Never showed the slightest displeasure over the humiliation at the ceremony.On our wedding night, he only poured me a glass of warm water.“You've had a shock