“Why hadn’t you told me the men who killed Silas were on the rampage again?!” I shriek, throwing a pillow at Ward. It hits him squarely in the chest, but he makes no attempt to dodge, holding his hands up by his shoulders in a surrender pose.
“For this very reason Kennice.” His voice is a low, soothing rumble, and I sway, almost giving in to it, but then wordlessly succumb to a scream again. I snatch another pillow from the bed to throw, this one clips his ear.
“Twice! Twice now!” I screech. “Twice you have lied to me through omission! How many more times?” I collapse onto the bed, burying my face in my hands, trying to hide my tears from Ward as my heart shatters.
“Kennice.” Ward’s pained voice breaks through to me as he grips my wrists. “Please, my heart.. We didn’t want y
