chapter seventy-one

[ IN WHICH SHE SENSES A WAR ]

“What?” I grow cold when he says this. My bones chill. "Is this the truth?"

Sin's jaw clenches. He cannot speak about this, and from the look on his contorted face, I can tell that he hates being reminded of the hurtful moments that haunt him and make his heart ache in his chest.

"And..." Sin manages to continue. "Driving that sword through you... that is a guilt I will live with for a lifetime. I deserve to be killed for doing that. I should have found another way you save you. Death could not have been the only way."

Flabbergasted, and utterly confused, my eyes drop to the floor as I lean off Sin's body.

I am not sure how to respond to all that Sin has told me. I am not sure what it is even— the truth, that's what it is, but it is too much.

Reality dawns on me.

Rome, the Lycan King had been the antagonist all along? The man I craved for... he isn't who I thought he was? He had been pretentious all this time. He successfully turned me against Sin, i