Chapter 243

LIAM’S POV Her tears slid silently at first, and then the dam broke. Natalie clung to me. Her body trembled as she spoke. Her voice was hoarse as she finally let the words out she had held in for years. “Liam… you don’t know what it was like.” She said. I kissed her damp cheeks, brushing her hair back. “Then tell me, my love. Please. Tell me everything. Don’t carry it alone anymore.” She hesitated, as if speaking the truth might shatter her all over again. Then her lips parted, and she started to speak. “When I was a child… they treated me like dirt. Angus would tell me every day that I was worthless, that I wasn’t really a part of the pack but a burden they were forced to have as a child. He said I didn’t deserve anything and that I was cursed. I believed it for so long. He tortured and punished me in so many ways. I have gone without food for days.” I clenched my jaw so hard I thought my teeth might crack. Jason snarled inside me, wanting blood. Natalie’s voice shook. “Sometimes, whe