Chapter 137
“I am completely yours, hunn, he vowed, his eyes boring into mine with an interity that task my breath away “Miraf, husdy, and soul. You will never have to share me with anyone. I will never hurt youu er betray you. I will never touch another as long as I live. How And forssw, only your
His words washed over me like a healing balm, swothing the tagged edges of my fear. Ite laid me gently back on the bed, his tongue leaving a fruit of pleasure across my skat. We lost ourselves in each other then, his hands and mouth bringing me to climax again and again before he finally planned o completely, on bodies moving in perfect unison.
Afterward, as we lay tangled together in the sheets, ‘My mother’s been a treat since she got back,” he said lightly.
I turned to face him, curious about the shift in topic. ‘What do you mean?‘
He sighed. “She’s hurt that I didn’t chase after her. That was her plan all along to disappear, make me beg her to come back, and then extract some kind of
concession from me.”
And when that didn’t work…
“She came back and accused me of abandoning her, of choosing you over her.” He shook his head. “I hope you can forgive her someday.”
I traced the line of his jaw with my fingertip. ‘I don’t hold grudges, Augustin. But I will be careful around her.
“That’s fair.”
“What isn’t fair is how she speaks to me and my friends,” I said firmly. “The things she’s said… they’re cruel and completely uncalled for.
“I know.” He looked genuinely sorry. “I wish she could see what I see in you.”
“I understand why you want to forgive her. She’s your mother. But I can’t extend the same grace, not yet.”
He nodded, accepting my position without argument. I kept to myself what Elton had told me, my suspicions about Amelia needed investigation before I shared them, even with Augustin.
Something about her didn’t add up, and I was determined to uncover the truth. If she was hiding something, I would find it.
“Evanth and Theron will stand trial tomorrow,” Augustin said after a while. “Will you come with me?”
I hesitated. “Will your mother be there?”
He laughed softly. “She won’t bother you. She knows what you did for Evanth.”
“I didn’t do it for her,” I interrupted, needing him to understand. “I did it for you, and because I love the truth.”
“I know that.”
*She called me a social climber,” I continued, the hurt still fresh. “A Forestvale whore. Those words don’t just disappear, Augustin.”
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He took my hand and kissed it. “You’re worth a thousand of anyone who would use such terms.”
“I know I’m not those things,” I said honestly. “But that doesn’t make it okay to say them. Do you have any idea how hard it was for us in here? If we hadn’t found love with you and the guys…” I shook my head. “Our mental state would be much worse.”
He pulled me close again. “I’m sorry for the conditions that brought you here. I promise, we won’t take any more captives. I’m planning to abolish the practice entirely.” He kissed the top of my head “Will you come tomorrow?”
“Yes,” I agreed, knowing how important it was to him. “I’ll be there.”
As he held me, I thought about the trial ahead. It would be difficult, especially since I suspected the real culprit was still sitting among the elders, fr
continue his schemes while innocent men took the blame.
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But one way or another, I would find the truth
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