When My Mate Chose Another, the Lycan King Chose Me
My voice rose, not in volume, but in weight, sinking into the walls, heavy enough to suffocate.
“You tied her. You beat her. You injected her with poison. You shocked her until she couldn’t even scream anymore.”
Her lips trembled. “I only wanted to scare her. I didn’t mean to—”
“Scare her?” I repeated, stepping closer. “Scare her or kill her?”
“I swear I didn’t want to kill her!” Sonia burst out, crying now, the kind of crying that had nothing to do with regret and everything to do with fear.
“I just wanted her gone, not dead. I didn’t know the wolfsbane would cling that long, I didn’t— I panicked—”