These Absolved Monsters: Step-Brother-Romance by Alex King

Author:Alex King [King, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: dark romance, young adult & new adult romance, enemies romance, adult romance, college romance, bully romance, enemies to lovers romance
Publisher: Alex King
Published: 2023-02-16T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY

MIRA

Trials

I always thought I was doing the right thing. I thought I was saving him — again — only this time, I had sealed his fate.

So much that I couldn’t even bring myself to show up to court, sit in those pews and listen to the defense destroy Burton. Despite all the money and power his family had, the entire town was discussing how they were about to receive what they deserved.

Most people were shouting for the death penalty online.

Usually, people would spray paint, use toilet paper, or break eggs to show where their loyalty lay, but not with them.

I kept my mouth shut and used my real last name — Eckland — for the first time since Burton’s family took me in. I went into hiding like I was guilty. Wasn’t I, though? I was ready to kill the guy who got Emma hooked on drugs without blinking an eye. I stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Burton while he collected spit in his mouth and spat on him.

I was as guilty as Burton. Only I fled before the handcuffs came out.

After that night, we exchanged exactly three text messages for the whole year. I didn’t want to be the distraction; I didn’t want my name splashed across headlines as an accomplice and I sure as hell wasn’t going by Draven for similar reasons.

As I walked into a local bar filled with soft leathers, dark woods, and sensual lighting, I hoped to forget that today was the trial. I wanted to block myself in, put blinders on, and hear nothing even though that was impossible.

I could hear the small TV hanging over the bar covering the trail as I leaned over the bar top, letting it pull me in. The whole country was waiting for the verdict with bated fucking breath while I hoped they locked them all up.

I called the cops and that alone was enough to earn me a spot in their victims’ list.

I had nothing on my list of things to do after finally escaping the glowing endorsement the Draven name gave me. It wasn’t even mine, but I stood in the warmth for years, letting it keep me unaccountable.

Now I was interning for an architect I admired. All the ways I grew up seemed impossible to defend when I would be the reason the Unholy Trinity ended up behind bars.

The bartender finally paid attention when he took my order of two vodka sodas. Letting myself pay attention for only a minute, I bit my lip, nibbling at it, while the reporter left my heart beating in my ears.

“Thatcher Throne, mastermind behind the Trinity attempted murder resulting in three injured, has been sentenced to prison.”

My heart fell to the pit of my stomach, leaving my chest unbearably empty and my hands shaking.

“Burton Draven, son of Senator Draven, will be required to do a year's probation. Vane Wolfgang will suffer the same fate as his friend. More news to come as the fallout of their victims comes to light.”

My

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