Chapter 50

• "You knew," I whispered, my voice barely audible as I stared into Crown’s eyes, searching for something—anything—that could make sense of the chaos swirling inside me. "You knew, and you didn’t tell me."
• The silence between us was suffocating. My heart beat like a drum, too loud, too fast. The weight of what he’d said, what he’d revealed, was crushing me from all sides. The betrayal I felt cut deeper than any wound.
• Crown shifted uncomfortably, his hand hovering by his side as if he wanted to reach out to me but didn’t dare. "Ava, please—"