Chapter 124

"Lillian is gone," Nixon snaps, meeting my eyes as fear kicks in and I want to run and hide. But would Leo run and hide if I was in this situation? No. Leo would stand by me. "Dead," he adds, cocks his head to the side as I think of the first time our eyes met. Of how I looked at Leo and was lost in what I thought was only a dream. A dream. I achieved what many would see as impossible. Leo is my dream, my husband, my lover. I will stand by him even as the sky catches on fire and the world crumbles around us. "Lyra, run." A tear falls down his cheek, the Alpha King crying as we both know this will not all end in glory. But the only person who will die in here is Nixon. All I have to do is nod my head and the guards will shoot Nixon. Just as I think of the first time Leo confessed his love for me, it happens. I do it. It happens too quick for my mind to even render. White