And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie) novel Chapter 226

I watched the tick in his jaw as he gritted his teeth. The beast within him lurked just beneath his skin. "As I said. You have seen certain sides of me, but don't think I will let you speak to me this way for one moment. I'm doing this for a reason."

"Hale, come on, man," Talon said softly as he and James looked at me with soft eyes.

There was clear hesitation in Hale's eyes as he looked around at everyone in the room. I could see he didn't want to involve me, but everybody staring at him was clear enough of an answer that he needed to.

With Hale distracted, I didn't waste another moment as I quickly snatched the paper from his back pocket and took a step back. A low growl came from him as he reached for it, trying to take it back from me, but the cold glare I gave him made him hesitate in his movements.

He didn't want to fuck with me right now, because I was not in the mood.

Slowly opening the letter, my eyes peered down at the information, and my heart almost stopped. It was a letter from the Council, and they were requesting my presence in order to exonerate Damien from anything that had happened with the elders, stating they knew for a fact I was the one who killed those people.

If I didn't reply or show up in person, Damian would be sentenced for the crimes committed, even though they had no proof of who did it.

"What is the punishment for this?" I whispered softly, without looking up at the others.

"Ivy–" James replied as if he didn't want to say it.

Glancing up at them with parted lips, my eyes filled with tears as I tried to register what was going on. "What... is… the punishment?"

Hale stared at me for a moment for letting out a heavy sigh and staring down at me. "Death."

I looked at Hale, Talon, and James in absolute disgust. They were willing to let Damian die for something I had done, and then hide it from me.