chapter 126

Angela’s POV

The decision hit me like a lightning bolt. My guilt had paralyzed me long enough. Lyra wasn’t the weak one here. She was the kind, trusting one, and look where it had gotten her, pushed into a corner, married to a monster. I’d been sitting in the shadows, feeling sorry for myself, haunted by regrets and whispers of what could have been. But that pity was doing nothing for her, nothing for us. No more begging, no more silent tears. If I couldn’t shield her, then I’d do the next best thing, I’d take control.

James had made it clear he wanted to see her suffer. His twisted words echoed in my mind, the satisfaction in his voice grating against my every nerve. But he’d made one big mistake: he’d underestimated me. My heart hardened as I replayed every mocking word he’d ever said, every cold laugh from Alice that I’d swallowed down. It all led to this moment.

“Enough,” I whispered into the silence as if saying it out loud made it real.

I needed leverage, something or someone th