Helanie:
"I would have gotten away if you hadn’t stopped me," Larissa shouted at Sullivan, making me believe Sullivan was right, that he was really redeeming himself.
"No, not after what I heard you’ve done to a woman. How could we have stayed in the same house as you and never realized how evil you were? The sad part is you normalized it so much for me that I thought I wasn’t doing anything wrong when I used to be mean to Helanie. When my sister was tortured by those alphas, I was so messed up that I thought it was her fault for lying. But now I know the truth. Now that I’ve been away from you, I’m waking up and realizing how twisted you are. So no, I won’t let you go, because now Vani is growing up and I don’t want her to go through the same torture Helanie did. I know you wouldn’t even spare Vani."
That was impressive of Sullivan, but he was right. Once he was away from them, the manipulation they caused was wearing off.
Now Larissa’s eyes turned to me. "I swear I didn’t want to do it. This asshole made me, and he wasn’t even worth my time. I wasted my life with him." Larissa quickly dropped to her knees, begging me for forgiveness while yelling at Niles, whose eyes were wide with shock. I guess it was funny that he really expected her to be honest with him. They were only together because they were cut from the same cloth.
I hunched down and gently pinched Larissa’s chin, making her stand up, then punched her in the face. She almost lost her footing, and the moment she balanced herself, I punched her again, this time knocking her flat on her back.
"Take her away. Although I want to give her the same fate, I can’t. I can’t watch a woman naked in front of hungry eyes, because I know those still exist. But that doesn’t mean she won’t be punished. She’ll get whippings every day and be thrown into prison with the worst she-wolf prisoners. Now take them out of my sight," I barked, pointing into the distance.
The warriors rushed forward, dragging the two away as they begged and cursed at each other, blaming one another for all the terrible things they had done.
"I will talk about what to do with my mother in a few days," Norman told Vonstan as the news itself was a shock to him and me. We had no clue his mother had been a mistress to so many alphas.
"Are you okay?" Norman asked, wrapping his arms around me when he noticed I was losing my balance.
"I’m just tired, I need to rest," I murmured, and without a second thought Norman scooped me into his arms and carried me back to the car.
It was decided we would no longer stay in the same house. We moved into a hotel suite for a day while Dalton prepared a home for Sullivan and Vani. Sullivan promised to be her guardian, to guide her and take care of her, and I trusted him, especially since Dalton said he would have his men outside their home at all times to make sure Vani and Sullivan were doing well.
Back at the suite, Norman took care of me, but the rest of the night I couldn’t get up. Something had switched inside me, all my energy gone. Seeing it all unfold in front of me, I couldn’t help but see the real faces behind the actors that performed, and it broke me.
I woke the next morning feeling a little better, and it was decided we would visit Sydney’s father because it was finally time to finish that matter too.
"Are you sure you’ll be able to handle another journey?" Dalton asked as we loaded our bags into the car.
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