Chapter 41 : Three steps back

*Charlotte*

It was unfair.

The words were bitter in my mouth, like a hard-to-swallow pill that just wouldn’t get past my tongue, sitting there and dissolving bleakly.

My tears had dried, leaving my eyes red and swollen as I stared blankly at the floor, my heart shriveled up inside my chest.

Maybe Alexander was right to suspect me, my logical side whispered. It’s true you were jealous of Sarah and even Sylvia.

But I would never hurt them. I thought he would at least trust me on that but…

I didn’t know what to think or feel anymore.

I liked Alexander. Maybe I even loved him. But I couldn’t live like this. I’d suffered through my entire life to get to this point and I was grateful for him and Alpha Finnley and Luna Diana for getting me out of that hell but this was just the same kind of hell with a different wrapping.

Having the blame for something I didn’t do shoved on me, forced to bear the consequences of someone else’s decisions while all I could do was sta