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“Are you going to tell them, or am I?” Oscar sits forward, his hands steepled on the table in front of him as he leans in, aiming his question toward Lucas.
My jaw clenches, pissed at this continual façade displayed between them. They both know something, and the fact we’re in the dark pisses me the hell off.
Jace turns his aggression toward Lucas. “What the fuck’s he talking about, Lucas? What the fuck have you got to tell us?”
Lucas ignores his outburst and stares back at Oscar. “I’d sooner show them.” My eyebrows furrow.
Oscar nods. “Very well.”
“Show us what?” The veins in Jace’s neck protrude. “Show us fucking what?”
Lucas turns in his chair, his face as white as a ghost. “Show you my secrets. Hers too.”
All tension falls from Jace as his panicked eyes meet mine.
Lucas pushes back in his chair and stands, straightening his shirt and avoiding eye contact.
But I know my brother well, I see the turmoil inside him. As we walk through the door, my eyes lock with Angel’s, and she sees it too.
He’s drowning in his pain, but we will be the ones to save him.
We will always remain devoted.
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Ten
LUCAS
Traveling to our apartment is done in silence, and there’s an odd tension hanging above us, each family shrouded in a web of lies, a sea of uncertainty.
When Cal explained to us that Mrs. Lancaster and Viggo were not among the dead at the offices, Jace threatened to morph into the man we know he can be—Rage. He’s there already, of course. He, much like I, can hide it well. It’s a part of him as much as my darkness is a part of me and Tia. Cole is the glue which binds us all together. He’s the one who remains calm during the storm and dives into the aftermath, all in, like he did when we dealt with Martin.
When Martin uttered the words, “I can tell you about the others” just before his life was ended, my blood ran cold, causing my body to shut down. At the time, it felt like a cruel taunt from beyond his grave. A promise of more to come. So, I did what I do well. I locked the taunt down, along with all the secrets that caused guilt to ripple through me, hoping to never have to reveal them, no matter how much it ate away at my conscience.
Until Mrs. Lancaster showed her face at Harper’s school and with it, the threat of resurfacing all my demons. My secrets are about to be unveiled, when I so desperately wanted them to remain hidden.
My search took me down a road I never anticipated being on, and inevitably, it’s what brought us to where we are now.
Our families have been hurt, and retribution is needed.
There’s a storm brewing, and no one will get away unscathed.
My hand trembles as I unlock the drawer to my secrets, my past.
As I tug out the files, I can barely breathe. This is the moment I could lose it all.
Lose them all.
They get to see every part of me: the dirty, the dark, the traumatized. I squeeze my eyes shut at the thought.
They get to see her too, and I hate that.
Hate that they get to see every part of me and every part of how she engraved herself into not only my mind but my heart too.
The moment when I became utterly and brutally devoted.
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