Three Years, One Cruel Lie

went to the cemetery early, a bouquet of his favorite whit

now." Tears streamed down my face, hot against my cold skin. "I' m leaving tomorrow. I don' t

ound my shoulders. He had promised my father he would take care of me, that he would always be on my side

a lie. Every

b at the cemetery gates, a hand clamped over my mouth from behind. A cloth reeking of chloroform was

. I was being thrown around, tossed like a bag of trash. I stru

ped from my head. Jaxon stood before me, flanked by two of his menacing securit

ed. "Maybe they didn' t mean

ts away with it. People need to know what happens when they cross Kr

d. Them? I was t

And Jaxon, my brilliant, powerful Jaxon, had fallen for it completel

t my voice was muffled by the

copter. Krystal feigned a gasp. "Jaxon, darling

smooth as ice. "I know what I' m doi

ocks and gravel. Then the helicopter ascended, lifting me into the air, only to drop me again. Over and over. My body was a rag

, I could see them. Jaxon had his arm around Krystal, pointing at me

seemed to detach from my broken body. I felt the final, brutal impac

away from my face. I saw Jaxon and Krystal walki

er, my own name a curse

th. So this was his love. This was his protection. He coul

bsession w

awareness, if he would ever regret t