Chapter 234
Chapter 234
I force images of Logan and Evrin to take their place.
“That is our father, with my mother. If you look closer, you will see she is pregnant. Pregnant with me.” Blair continues. “I don’t blame you for not believing me. But how else do you explain how similar we look?”
“Is that why Jenson went to you?” Damien pushes. “Because you were the next best thing?”
She snarls at him. “Jenson has claimed me as his.” She pulls her jacket to one side and shows me the mark just above her collarbone.
Damien erupts into laughter. “So he marked you because he couldn’t have Neah?!”
Blair glares at him as his laughter quietens. I didn’t need to look to know he was still smirking.
Her brown eyes refocus on me. “When I came here last, I didn’t handle it very well. I made you feel like I was a threat.”
‘Lies.’ Nyx mutters
“I just wanted you to know the truth about our father. I figured you deserved that.”
“Well, you’ve told me and now you can leave.”
“I thought maybe we could have a conversation. Sister to sister.” She presses. “Just us, alone.”
“Do you really think she is that stupid?” I hear Mallory’s high pitched voice as she drops out of a nearby tree. I had been so busy trying to keep the darkness from taking over that I hadn’t even noticed she was here. Had Damien? He didn’t let anything get past him.
“Mallory?” Blair forces Mallory’s name off of her tongue like it’s poison.
“You must be the bitch that’s riddled with lies.”
What the fuck was going on? They almost sounded like they knew each other, but at the same time, they didn’t.
“Jenson has told me all about you. How you almost killed my half sister?” Blair’s brown eyes return to me. “Why did you let her live?”
“I don’t have to explain myself to you.” I snap
She takes a step toward me and so does Damien. “I’m telling you now, little sister. It’s not good to be surrounded by those that were once Rogue.”
“It takes one to know one.” Mallory growls from the other side of me
This time Blair steps back. She seemed to be surprised by Mallory’s words. Like someone had revealed a deep dark secret that she had never wanted shared with the world, or more particularly, me.
She rocks on her heels, sucking her cheeks in as she thinks of something to say. Instead, she turns, ready to walk away, only to flick her head over her shoulder. “Protection doesn’t work if the wrong people are protecting you. Neah.”
She struts away down the lane and gets into a fancy car. As the car makes a U turn, I catch sight of Jenson and he looks angrier than ever.
“Mallory, what the fuck were you doing in a tree?” I snap
“I saw her, okay. I was up there watching, like I have been doing since the last time she came. I didn’t believe Damien when he said she looked like you and I wanted to see for myself.”
“What did you mean, ‘takes one to know one.’?”
Her eyes shift to Damien. “Damien had his suspicions.”
I spin to look at him. “Why?”
“That day I saw them drive off together. She was the only Lycan around.”
“Okay? And?”
“The only Lycans that prefer to be on their own are ones that have gone Rogue.”
“I wasn’t going to accuse her directly.” Mallory adds, “But the way that she reacted confirmed it and it’s not something she wants people to know.”
“So she has felt this?.” I mutter, pressing a hand over my heart. “She felt this darkness.”
They both sigh.
“I’m not saying I feel bad for her.” I snap. She clearly wants something from me.”
‘She’s lying to you.’ Nyx murmurs. ‘Last time and this time, she has acted like a different person each time. Don’t fall for it.’
I glance down at the photo that was half scrunched in my hand. My father had loved another, but had given it all up for his true mate and Blair hated me for it.