Betrayal by Melissa A. Craven

Author:Melissa A. Craven [Craven, Melissa A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Midnight Hour Studio

Chapter Twenty-Two

Allie

Kelleys Island, March

“No! You are not letting her out of her cage.” Allie slammed her fist against the stone wall of the crypt.

“Livia has proven she’s not going to run,” Gregg insisted. “She will stay in the underground, but we no longer feel it’s necessary to confine her power.”

“It’s not your decision to make, Greggory McBrien. You don’t get to decide these things for my family.” Allie’s hands shook with fury and probably fear as well. The idea of Livia roaming free terrified her.

“Aye, it is not my decision. It’s the queen’s. And we will abide by her wishes.”

“Allie, dear,” Alísun said. “I did not expect you to react this way.”

“I don’t have ice in my veins the way some people in this family do,” Allie snapped and immediately regretted it. She didn’t always see eye to eye with her grandmother, but she loved and respected both of her grandparents, and right now the look on Alexander’s face shamed her.

Alexander began, “Allie-girl, we know you and Livia don’t get along—”

“Don’t get along?” Allie’s chest tightened in anger, the rage of her gift swelling inside her. If she had it her way, she’d gladly use it on Livia to strip her of her immortality the way she’d stripped their mother of her life. “She’s the reason my mother is dead. She’s the reason we lost Ming Lao. She can’t be trusted. The only things I know about my mother are the things you and Navid have told me about her, Gregg. That’s the only way I’ll ever know and love the woman who gave me life—through your memories. And you want to let her murderer walk free?”

“Alísun, I told you, Allie isn’t ready for this, and I will not push her,” Navid said. “We’ve all had the luxury of knowing and loving the woman we lost. We’ve each shared a lifetime with Kassandre. Allie and Livia will never know that. If Allie ever chooses to forgive her sister, she will do so on her own terms.”

“Thank you, Navid.” She was surprised to see her father agreed with her.

“I will never choose one daughter over the other,” he replied. “Your mother and I knew there was a chance Livia would develop an ability she would eventually turn on her mother. Kassandre was prepared to make that sacrifice to give Livia a chance at redemption. It was the only path she saw for our eldest child. Your mother refused to abandon either of her children. We saw thousands of versions of your lives but we wouldn’t sacrifice one child to save the other. For hundreds of years we worked to find a path where both of our children had a chance at a happy life. This is the life she chose for her children, Allie. The one where she didn’t get to know either of you.”

“Stop.” Allie didn’t want to hear any more excuses. She didn’t care what drove Livia to make the decisions she had. She made the wrong choices. No one deserved to die the way Kassandre and Ming Lao had.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.