Chapter 26

He looked up at me. A flash of light leaped into his pupils for a split second before quickly sinking back down. "This ends here. You don't need to explain to me anymore. Whatever the truth is, things between us ended six years ago." My voice was very soft, so soft it felt like I was talking to myself. "You carried the chains for six years, and it took me six years to take my chains off. What you owe me, what you've suffered—we don't need to calculate it anymore." His jaw clenched tightly,...