Chapter 124 The Truth Unraveled

• Before Julian spoke a word, I could feel his weight. Cold and analytical, his gaze cut through me like a blade, and for the first time since everything had begun, I wasn't sure which side I was on.
• Elena, "Elena," Julian seemed to be cursing my name. His voice was silky, tinged with poison, but beneath the words there was something else, deeper. "You haven't been running from the truth, you?"
• I found it difficult to breathe. That was him. The guy I had once loved, the man I believed I could trust. But under the weight of his attention, I failed to identify him here now.