Page 109 of Tempest’s Torment

I say nothing. Fuck him and his bullshit.

"He doesn't give that to everyone, does he?"

"Fuck you," I spit.

Evan laughs softly. "There she is."

I look away.

"Does he know?"

My eyes snap back to his. "Know what?"

"That you're in love with him."

The words hit hard. How the hell did he know when I barely knew? I haven't let myself put it together because putting a name to something means admitting how much there is to lose. But I know that I’ve fallen for him.

Kai.

Fuck, I love him and I never told him.

Evan sees it. "Look at that."

I shake my head. "Don't."

Evan laughs. "He doesn't know."

"Shut up."

"You haven't told him."

"Shut the fuck up."

His smile disappears. "You took Lucy from me."

My chest heaves. "Lucy left you."

"Because of you."

"No." I stare straight at him. "She left because she finally understood what you were."

His jaw tightens.

"She chose herself, Evan. That's what you can't fucking stand."

He rises slowly, and for a second, I think he's going to hit me. Instead, he looks down at me with an expression that scares me more; it’s cold and calculating. "And now I'm going to let him watch."

I frown. "Watch what?"

"You."

My blood turns cold. He doesn't need to explain. I see Lucy, the chair beside mine, her hand reaching across the space between us, the knife covered in her blood.

When you get out of here, live enough for both of us.

"No,” I whisper and Evan smiles. "No." I wrench against the restraints.

He wants Kai here, he wants him in this room, he wants Kai to stand where I stood and watch someone he loves die in front of him.