Chaptér Two Hundred and Twenty Two
Thane’s hand unconsciously tightened around mine in a gentle, reassuring grasp. “You
want to know the truth? then here it is.” Balley started, her voice laced with venom as she settled on the cold floor. “You tricked me, Thane Blackwood. You took me for a fool. We made a deal, a deal you weren’t willing to keep. I betrayed my people for you, and what did I get in the end?
Nothing.
I was pathetic to have trusted you, but it took only a while for the doubt to set in. I saw the Way you looked at her; you were never going to let her go. Still, I had no other choice but to hold on to your words. Just as I had suspected, you didn’t keep to it. When I discovered Nyaos was alive, I knew I had to kill him; if I didn’t kill him, then he would find me, and he would kill me very slowly for what I had done.
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But then I found out Caleb too was alive. I wasn’t expecting to see him ever again, but there he was. I was trapped and tortured in ways you cannot even imagine. Give me more reason seek revenge Thane; they did all that to me because I helped you, a
what did I get out of helping you? betrayal. Maybe it was karma catching up with me.
I barely survived, and when I did, I knew it was time to act against you; I built up my army.”
“How were you able to contact them from here?” Thane questioned.
“I sent letters, but they needed more than just letters to carry on my request, and so I had to make myself known. The attack should have started much earlier, but after you finally let Riley go, I thought that was part of your master plan all along. I was foolish to wait and see if you would change your mind. Of course, you didn’t.”
This had been exactly what I warned Thane about earlier; Bailey had made him believe that she was way past everything, but one thing about the elders was their tendency to be very crafty, they know just how to hide their feelings; they had mastered the act for all those centuries they stayed alive.
“So this was all some act of revenge?”
“Yes, it was exactly that. Now I have told you what I know; you will keep to your words this time.”
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“Will I?” Thane questioned with a smirk. “I keep my words with people I am sure I can trust; I know for a fact that I cannot trust you; the moment I let you out, you will go seeking revenge and I just can’t have that. To you, Bailey, my words mean nothing.”
Bailey’s screams and pleas followed us as we headed out of the lower chambers. I had never seen her so… desperate; This time Thane was right; she would never let go of the hurt and betrayal she faced, and she would want revenge. We couldn’t let her out.
Axel wandered off to solve some little dispute amongst the pack members while Thane and I
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Chapter Two Hundred and Twiiky Two
headed back into our room. He placed the key to Bailey’s cell in the drawer beside my jewelry
stand.
There was a knock on the door; a mald walked in with a tray of food in her hands. “Would you need anything else?” she asked.
“That would be all. Shut the door on your way out.” Thane sald to her.
“Well, now I can get mad at you for leaving me so worried. Don’t you ever scare me like that again.”
He turned to me. “I’m sorry, but of course an apology alone wouldn’t do.”
“I thought you left because you were mad at me for what I did with… Axel.”
In a blink of an eye he was right in front of me, his finger against my lips. “Hush.” A smirk played on his lips.
“You knew. You knew what would happen; that had been why you sent me to him.”
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