TROY
My world was spinning around me. She lied. She lied? How could she? Why would she do that to me? To us?
Was Austin that important to her that she would use such heavy words to deceive me?
"I lied…" And she said it so nonchalantly, without any remorse at all.
I froze, my brain stalling like it needed a moment to process her words. I'd heard them, understood them even, but they didn't make sense at all.
Not the words themselves actually, but the reason behind said words.
I did not understand a fucking thing at all.
And she just stood there, staring back at me with bored eyes. You know, the kind a person has when they've finally gotten what they wanted but they were over it.
Yes, that kind.
I remained still, fury, undiluted fury simmered underneath my skin.
"Why?" I asked, already knowing the answer. She just told me it was to make sure I didn't have him killed. She at least knew I was capable of that when pushed to the edge.
