Seventy Three.

Aiden

Selene disappears before I get to ask her more about Linc’s family. I had witnessed his wife’s death. I was there the moment my father ripped out her throat. He had done it for what she had done to his children. Their children.

I didn’t even have a chance to ask my father if it were true. But surely the Moon Goddess wouldn’t lie to me.

“Is she ever wrong?” Bella mutters from the sofa. She was studying her own wrist, the black hand print was almost gone, just leaving an ashy tone to her pale skin.

“I….”

“I don’t understand why Linc is punishing you. If your father was the one who killed her, then he has already got his revenge.” She mumbles.

“It was my idea.”

She gazes up at me. “You wanted them dead?”

“Not the kids. It’s true that my mother was worried. It’s true that Linc’s wife was trying to stage something, but we caught on to it early. Bella, she was committing treason by plotting against the King. Death is the standard punishment.”

“It seems like death is everyone’s punis