Chapter 44 Chapter 45 Агарон 1ld nothing else to say to her, so when she stood up to leave. I couldnu stop ber. I just followed like a sock puppy. I saw her teme slightly when she stopped where Millicent and her friend were alning shots. Were they really that heartless? Millicent had this big ass grin on her face and that made me angry all of a sudden, "Millicent I barked, She flinched and looked at me with surprise, her eyes narrowing to slits when she saw me standing behind Sapphire who was still observing them. I expected her to look at me but she only shook her head and stalked out the door. A little disappointing Millicent smiled as she sauntered towards me with another glass of champagne, "What is it, darling?" 1 mentally cringed at that. "We need to talk," I could see the cagemess in my eyes as I motioned to my office. She walked ahead of me while I mindlinked my guards Inced a cell prepared for a traitor. I walked after her into my office, she sat there with a beaming smile and her legs crossed at the ankles. "You know, if you wanted to call me because of our wedding plan, Olivia has a night to know too, she is my maid of honor." "We are not here to talk of wedding plans, not now, not ever, Her brows furrowed, "Why! I nodded and rounded my desk. I pulled out my laptop and brought out the footage from the club when she was talking to the man who ined to take advantage of Sapphire. I pushed it towards her and watched as she squinted her brows to look at it. Her body froze and her eyes dried away when she saw it, "This doesn't mean anything. I was just talking to another person in the club. What he did has entirely nothing to do with me Isked. "I didn't say you did something just wanted to go over what you discussed with him and if he was gunning for her at the start." She frowned, "I don't know. Why do you care so much about this anyway? She survived, didn't she? Is she forcing you in do this?" "No one is vone is forcing me to do amyiling. This is abom a woman at was assaulted under my care and righe under my nose," "So this doesn't have to do with the fact that she is your maste, if it was any other girl, would you have cared!" Islamined my fist on the table. "If it was any other girl, Ewould have started earlier. She is a temporary member of our pack which means she is a member and what happened to her was unfortunate." "Oh please, getting poisoned by silver and a little bit of Ref is not much to be alarmed about." I froze before I smirked, feeling a rush of satisfaction coursing through me as I watched her squirm in her chair. Her eyes were wide, desperate, daning around the room as if searching for some unsern escape mune. She hitno idea what was coming. "You know," I began slowly, savoring the tension hanging thick in the air, I never told you what Sapphire was poisoned wah" Her body were rigid, her faer blank for a split second before she schooled it into a careful mask of confusion. She smacked her lips together, like they were suddenly too dry. Tjust guessed," she stammered a pathetic attempt at nonchalance. I raised a brow, anqused by her futile effort to maintain control. I stood up, my movements slow and deliberate, enjoying the way her gaze followed me with a mix of fear and apprehension. 1 began to circle her chair, my fingertips lightly drumming again the cool leather as I moved. my own anger. I She flinched at the sound, her fear practically rolling off her in waves, a palpable energy that seemned to soothe the jagged edges of my own leaned down, bringing my lips close to her ear, and waspered softly, "What did you do?" She began to tremble, a lead of sweat forming at her temple. Her head shook back and forth frantically. I didn't do anything, she insisted. "I swear, I didino." Straightening up. I nodded slowly, feigning belief. "Sure." I replied, my toe almost gentle. "I believe you" I reached over and pressed the unmute button on the laptop. Instantly, the room filled with the sound of miffled voices. Her eyes dared to the screen as the vidro began to play. In the gramy footage, the was there, unmistakable, standing with a man in a comer. She was describing Sapphire to him in hushed, urgent tones, her hands gesturing animatedly as she spoke. Then, Haw her slip something from her bag, a small vial, the liquid mide catching the faint light. She handed over to the man chia conspiratorial smile. as trying to form The atmosphere shifted immediately. Her face drained of color as the realization sank in. Her mouth opened and closed, as if she teas some kind of explanation, but no sound came out, Cur eyes mel, and she swallowed hard, ber tongue darting out to wet her lips. Without warning, she shoved the chair back wals a loud scrape, mumilling to the floor. Her knees hit the ground with a thud as she pulled herself forward, clutching at the fabric of my pants with trembling "Please," she begged. "I only did for you! You said you didn't want her Sapphire. I thought... I thought it would make things better." I scoffed the sound harsh in the quiet room. "Better for you, you mean." Heaned down, just enough for her to see the disdain in my eyes. "In what Chapter 45 world would killing my mate be okay with me?" She blinked rapidly, her tears flowing freely now, streaking down her cheeks. Her grip tightened on my pants, her nails digging into the fabric as she shatted from pleading to frantic. "I swear, I was only trying to help you, she she sobbed "You dont understand "No," Lout her off sharply. "You don't understand." I looked up, and almost instantly, the door opened. Two guards stepped inside, their presence filling the room with an even heavier sense of inevitability. Her breath hitched as she turned to look at them, panic flashing across her face. "Wait please!" she screamed "Please, don't do this! [can explain" I waved my hand dismissively, and the guards moved forward. She held on fighter, her rails now biting into my skin through the fabric. Lfelt the sting, but I didn't flinch. Her grip was weak, nothing compared to the storm brewing inside inc. "Get her out of here. 1ordered enklly. The guards grabbed her by the arms, pulling her away from me despite her struggles. Her pleas geese more desperate, her tries louder as she seas dragged towards the door. "Please! I did it for you! For us!" I watched her, my face impassive, feeling nothing but a cold sense of finality. She hand made her choice the moment she decided to play games with lives, to poison what was mine. Her fate was sealed. She continued to scream as they dragged her out her voice echoing down the hall umil the heavy door slammed she behind them. And then Lence. exhaled slowly, the tension in my shoulders releasing as Trumed away from the now-closed door. I walked back to the desk, my hand brushing over the smooth surface as I considered the implication of what had just happened. She was gone, but my anger still remained. A quiet knock on the door broke the silence, and I turned to see one of the guards standing there, waiting. "She's been taken in the holding cell," he reported I nodded. "Good. Make sure she stays there until further notice. He nodded and left, the door clicking shan softly behind ham. Alone again, Heaned back in my chair, closing my eyes for a brief moment. The linge of her fearful face flashed in my mind, and for a second, I almost felt a pong of pay. Almost. But then I remembered Sapphire, lying there, her skin pale, her breathing shallow, and my resolve hardened again. 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