Chapter 26

• LEXIS POV
• It hurt. My heart squeezed in my chest, the pain frightening because it felt as if I was on the verge of getting a heart attack.
• Ryland was a backstabber. He'd convinced me to kill father, and once he took over, he made a plan to get rid of me all because he thought I was a walking, talking time bomb. It had been hard to believe at first because we were family. He was my brother and he gave me his word that he'd take care of me.