But | couldn't take It anymore. | cut her off. Maybe she didn't know about what Matthew had done to my parents,
but that didn't make his intentions any less twisted.
"Matthew, is that true?" My voice trembled.
His silence was all the answer | needed.
All the love, all the gratitude I'd felt for him-for this family-it had been built on a lie. A calculated game.
Maybe my parents hadn't died just because of sbusiness deal. Maybe it was all because of the blood
running through my veins. Blood that could save Jace. And for that, my parents had been disposable.
I'd spent the last ten years loving him, giving my heart to this family, to people who'd only seenas some
kind of insurance.
A shiver ran through me, my whole body going numb. My fingers tingled, barely holding back my anger.
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My vision blurred, tears welling up as I clung to the last shred of control.
1 dug my nails into my palms, letting the sharp sting slice through the rage. "What good would hating you do?
Will it bring my parents back? Will it fix the life you ripped away from me, the years | spent trying to earn your
love?" In that moment, every bit of the obedient daughter I'd tried to be vanished, burned away by fury.
"Rea," Lindey whispered, her face crumpling with grief,
But nothing she could say would cool the anger or mend the betrayal ripping through me.
"How could you be so selfish? Jace's
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Then | felt a warm, familiar arm slip around my shoulders, pullingclose, grounding me.
| knew it was Hayden.
The one person who'd already letgo.
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