Chapter 115
Annalise
My jaw clenched.
This—this was where we always went wrong. The miscommunication. The lack of trust. The madness that seeped into our bond, twisting it with obsession and anger until it suffocated everything else.
I exhaled sharply, my chest rising and falling with the force of my emotions. Then, I pushed myself up, leveling them with a gaze that didn’t waver.
"I’m going to tell you this once," I said, my voice steady, unwavering. "And you are going to believe me."
The weight of their stares bore down on me, but I refused to shrink beneath them.
"I. Did. Not. Run. Away." My words were slow, deliberate. "If I had, do you really think I’d be standing in front of you right now?"
Their expressions didn’t change, but I could see the way their bodies tensed.
"And why
