Chapter 99

I marched towards the room where Hannah had been kept seething inside me with rage. She turned to look at me from her position inked in the corner with tears having made her rosy orbs go puffy and red.

The calm demeanor she once had was in pieces as her face bore a mixture of fear and desperation. I did not care about him who would cry or beg on her knees for forgiveness. The situation called for a different sort of engagement, addressing her menace, straight away.

“Landen, please, you have to believe me,” she started, her voice trembling.

“Enough,” I said sharply. “This is your last chance to come clean, Hannah. You have deceived me time and again. I’m done playing games.”

She shook her head frantically as if she could make me see her sincerity through sheer force of will.

“I’m not lying this time, Landen. I swear. I’ll tell you everything I know about Gerald’s plan, everything I’ve kept hidden.”

I folded my arms, trying to keep my temper under control. “And why should I believe you