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LIAM

I scoffed. He was a damned liar.

"You just made things difficult for me, very difficult. But, hate? No, I wouldn’t say that.”

I met his gaze, keeping none of the anger or hate I had for him away from my eyes. “You could have fooled anyone with that, but not me.”

“You’re angry,” he said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. “I understand that. But anger won’t help you, Liam. It’ll only eat you alive. From the inside out, until you're a hollowed-out shell of yourself.”

I clenched my jaw and refused to look at him. “Maybe that’s what I want. Maybe it will save me from this misery."

"That's a cowardly move to make, Liam." He said. I didn't reply.

Ronan let out a sigh. It sounded like he almost pitied me. “You always were stubborn. But you’ll come around, Liam. You’ll see that I’m right.”

“Right?” I repeated. “Right about what? Faking your death? Destroying our pack? Betraying your own family? Stealing everything that mattered to me?”

I saw the cold and ruthless side of R