Chapter 22

Lyra's POV.

The look on Asher's face was horrifying, he was looking at me so strangely, and I was terrified. I felt tears falling down my eyes as I stared at him. I was extremely worried about what he was going to do.

I couldn't even guess what he meant by those words that he would never let me go, and I knew that it wasn't a good thing and I shouldn't feel excited about it.

But somehow, I did; somehow, my heart melted at his words even though they were obviously a threat.

"Please let me go, I beg of you."

Asher shook his head, "No. You made me commit such a heinous crime, and you made me cheat on Devlin. You deceived me, and you're a fucking slut. You should be ashamed of yourself!"

"Tell me, how many mean have you played such tricks on? How many people have you seduced? How many have you deceived?"

I frowned, yes, it happened, but he was there, and he saw it himself that he was my first. I didn't bring myself to his room, I didn't choose to wake up at that time, nor did I unde