186: Accountable

Damien gives everyone around the table a black look.

He didn't imagine himself in this position. He didn't need this unnecessary shit. He should've been discussing possible strategies to end this blood feud with them, not this. To make matters worse? None of them will meet his gaze. That's how he knows someone fucked up royally. One of them is guilty.

One of them is lying.

Ethan is the first to speak. "Don't fucking look at me like that. I didn't drown that stupid bitch, alright?"

He waits for Theo's answer. There's more probability that she did this and not Ethan. She was the one who suggested that she take care of Elizabeth, and he knows her too well. He knows she's hiding something. She glances at him briefly, then sighs. "I didn't do anything, either."

"Come on," Ethan says. "You sound as guilty as you look."

That seems to infuriate her. "And you don't? You were agitated and impatient. You wanted to go someplace eagerly, and only after Damien left!"

"Not to kill Elizabeth!" he exc