#Chapter 177: Book of Revelations

Kayla Once Nicholas and I were alone, truly alone—we’d ensured that the basement was empty, Mindlinked Henry to quietly check the estate grounds for intruders without alerting my father, then hurried upstairs to my bedroom and closed and locked the door—I turned to him. My head was still throbbing from the unexpected impact that had knocked me unconscious, but right now, I hardly felt it. I took a deep breath, trying to calm my racing nerves. Grace’s and my father’s warnings echoed in my head, but… I trusted Nicholas. I couldn’t let other people’s opinions sway my opinion of him. He was my husband, my chosen mate, the father of my child. “My father warned me about you,” I said, the words spilling out before I could lose my nerve. “He said you were only using me for Bluemoon. That you ordered Vanessa to poison him. That you just wanted my connection to the pack territory and had no real feelings for me.” Nicholas’s face hardened, but he didn’t pull away. He remai