Chapter 121
Kross
“Get the f**k out of my head!” I roared, my vision red. “This is an illusion! This is not real! My Vanya is fine, she’s alright!”
I bared my teeth, rage fighting to drown the sickness clawing at my mind. “I will—and I will not believe a word you show me. You want the monster in me to come out, but it won’t. I am not you. My mate is fine. She’s alright.”
Her laughter lanced through me, shrill and poisonous. She circled me, voice silk-wrapped venom.
“Why did you not choose her?” Rufina’s whisper coiled into my ears, cutting deeper than claws.
I stiffened. For the first time, doubt flickered.
“You could have ended this before it began. She offered herself to you, and you refused. You hesitated. You, who were supposed to protect her, left her vulnerable. That is why sh
