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“And of course, you tried to throw Mother off of your trail,a vigilante who sets fires when your enforcer is known as The Flame.Here I thought Zaina was the only clever one,” he says, his eyes leaving the metal to stare at me.
I raise an incredulous brow and cross my arms.
“It wasn’t me, Damian, but I am sure you had your fun trying to frame me. For all I know, you planted those there. And besides,” I make a show of examining my throwing stars more closely. “These aren’t even mine. Any fool could see that. Mine are five pronged, not six, like these.”Lie.I’m going to need to replace every one that I have left just in case he wants to check.
Damian’s features slacken just a fraction as he looks them over again.
I tsk. “I can see that going over well, what with you already being in thedoghouseand all. Do let me know what Mothersays,” I mock before I turn around to open the door to my room.
His arrogance gives way to something more doubtful. I take advantage of his hesitation to close my door with all the confidence I can muster.
Like I’m not guilty of everything he’s accusing me of.
Like I’m not at all terrified that he will take me up on my offer and go running to Mother with all of this.
Bile rises in my throat, and I rush over to the window, throwing it open. I gulp down the icy air, my head spinning in time with my stomach.
I have no way of knowing if he believed me, if I at least gave him enough pause to stay his hand.
Now, it’s just a waiting game to see if I will live or die on the mountain of lies and sins of my own making.
