Chapter 98
TARA
I figured that it was only a matter of time before 1 revisited all of my past since Larrived at Mica Pack, Kayla included, but I just didn T imagine bit thousand years that all these while later, she would still have the upper land, successfully claiming Aulan, just as he had expressed after she reteadeil ber
Kayla’s smile remained intact, and all could think about wi how well I truly knew her. Looking at with sour clatity now, I could see the strikin resemblance between her and the teenage girl from vestenlay, telling me that I’d been in the dark about everything for more time than Leyen knew,
It wasn’t a pleasant thought, but I wasn’t about to let Kayla walk over ne anymore. She lost that shoulders and stated at her dead in the eves.
“You can cut the act, Kayla, okay? Whatever it is that you thought you had to prove, you did it. Congratulations. But if you think I’m going to exchange words with you, then you’re mistaken, and I have a cali waiting on me, so I can’t stay to hear whatever it is you have to last about.”
I moved to get
↑ Nadia into the cat, but Kayla’s voice stopped me again.
“Don’t be like that, Tara.” My skin itches on beating her vile mouth say my na
name, but I alisis 1 react. “It’s just…” She inhaled a sharp breath, and as darkness settled in her eyes over the next few seconds, I knew that she had let go of her pretentions mask. I braced myself for her words,
“If you had been sensible enough to heed my warning asl stay in your fane, most of these wouldn’t have happened. Abdan has never been yours, and will never be, so it’ll be in your best interest to let go from now.”
I remained silent, choosing not to give Kayla what she wanted. A reaction.
Her eyes briefly dropped to Nadia who was still shickled behind nse, disid a protective growl rittled my nibenge.
yours.
When her eyes came back to mine, she ignored the warning in them and spoke. Such a cute little doll you have. It’ll be a shame if sonsething were to happen because her mother was ignorant enough to put her in danger.”
This time, my resolve snapped anil I took a step into Kayla’s personal space.
“Remember that it was almost a decade agn, Kayla,” The menace was evident in my tone because this demon did not just threaten my chill. “Tiu not as naive as I was back then, and I promise you, I’ll ruin you and your perfect little world if you so much as breathe in her direction.”
Kayla smiled, a recognition flashing in her eyes, and she shifted on one foot before she responded, “We’ll see.”
I didn’t wait to hear anything else from Kayla, and I quickly nudged Nadia inside the waiting cab, Just before I closed the door, she said. “Aidan sends his regards, sweetheart.”
1 slammed the door shut, closing my eyes to push back the emotions, I can’t believe how stupid and clueless I’d been,
She really had Aidan all these while, and I’d been nothing but a pawn in their games.
Again, my thoughts got the best of me, Inuit a few minutes into the ride, Nadia’s voice cut through the turmoil going on in my head..
“Who was that, Mommy?”
see just how broken I was by everything that was happening. Keeping my voice leveled, 1
I turned to her, hoping that she couldn’t see through me to see
replied
“Just someone I knew from when I was younger and living with grandinsa and grandpa. Why…why do you ask.”
My hand involuntarily found her cheek, stroking it gently.
In the your friend?”
“No, not really. We stopped being friends before I had you and I haven’t seen her since then.”
Nadia s tips scrunched up in contemplation, and I almost found it funny. She sometimes did things out of the ordinary things that kids her age didvy
mally do
Kanad I didnt like her,” Radia shrugged.
My eyebrown shut up, but I hid my surprise as I asked. “No? Why?
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