NovelApexChapter Forty
THANE
The first thing | noticed was the sheets on the floor, slightly stained with blood. Riley sat on the floor, her back
against the wall; she held a gun in her shaky hand, and tears streamed down her eyes.
“Riley.” | called, and she pointed the gun at me.
“Don’t cany closer,” she warned.
“Riley, lower the gun and tellwhat the hell is going on.” | said to her, and she finally let go of the gun, slowly
rising to her feet.
“It’s really you?”
“Yes, itis.”
“Where were you?”
“I'll tell you everything, but first | want to know what happened here.”
“All these?” she threw her hands in the air. “It wouldn't have happened if you were here; it wouldn't have
happened if you could stay away from Isabella.”
How did she know that? I didn’t plan on her figuring this out before | told her the truth.
“I'm sorry, but | can explain; hearout.”
“No, you hearout. Why you were there doing goddess knows what with Isabella, Daemon was here...” she
paused, letting out a sob.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“What did he do to you?”
“No, he didn’t takeby force, Thane; | practically threw myself at him because | thought it was you. Daemon -
he could shapeshift; | could have sworn it was you,
but I should have known.”
“I am going to kill him.” | swore, all | felt was hot, blinding rage.
“No, he can’t be killed.”
“You are still protecting him? After everything?”
“I shot him twelve times, Thane, with this very sgun. | snapped his neck just to
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make sure, and then | threw him over the balcony, but somehow, he didn’t die. | don’t know where he is, but he’s
gone, and now there are two dead soldiers down there about to be discovered by the rest of the pack, so no, |
am not protecting him, just stating the fact.”
“I'll go take care of the bodies, and I'll be right back.”
“No, you aren't going anywhere, not till | know why you leftall alone in the middle of the night.”
“I'm sorry, Riley, but | want you to trust me...”
“Trust?” she said, cuttingoff. “I don’t know what to believe anymore, Thane. | thought you loved me; |
thought you cared for me, but this... this changes everything.
“I have a curse.”
“A what?”
“I never really understood the slight pain | felt every full moon; I always brushed it off like it was nothing, but this
tit had been worse. It was more pain than | had ever felt my whole life. | lost control, shifting between my
wolf and human forms over and over. | didn’t understand what was going on with me, but then Isabella was
there. She knew what was going on, and she offered her help, but | would have to mark her to strengthen our
bond; only then would she be able to calm my wolf.”
She turned away from me, completely silent.
“Riley.” | called, but she gave no response. “Riley, please say something.” | pleaded, | hated this silence more
than anything, | wish | could read her mind, know what she was feeling right now.
“Did you do it? Did you mark her?”
“I'had no choice, Riley; I didn’t want to, believe me.’
“Did you?” she repeated.
“Yes,” | said to her.
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