Chapter 45 Echoes Of Betrayal
- a's POV
- Eli's comments lingered weighty in the air, like a storm just about to strike. I looked at him, trying to find any trace of the man I thought I knew, but all I found was a stranger hiding secrets.
- "You believe you're shielding me?" I laughed, attempting to cover the anguish that had jammed itself into my chest. "Keeping me in the dark will help? In lying?