CHAPTER 14

Marcus’s POV

Leaving her presence did no good because I still found myself lurking behind the trees.

I watched her with a sense of unease gnawing at my insides. She sat by the graves and sobbed. I had expected she would wail like her life depended on it.

Maybe she was exhausted from screaming at me from earlier on.

“Hmm. Silly girl thinks I wanted to kill her.” I muttered under my breath.

If I wanted to, she would have been dead a long time ago.

But no use wasting my time on someone who is not a threat to even a child born by a human.

I noticed her getting up after a long while. She walked towards some wild lavender and plucked them. She placed them on the graves I am now sure belong to her parents.

Watching her began to stir me up in ways I could not understand. I felt my chest tighten with grief, my fists clenched in anger and my heart went out to her but my mind refused to allow my emotions to control my actions.

I have to get out of here.

With a mixture of emotions, I tore my g