Caged Between the beta and alpha novel Chapter 96

Now that Liam was ok, the questions filled my mind, what the hell happened?

“Who was it?” I asked.

A silence fell and my stomach twisted.

Why weren’t they telling me? I looked at Damon, who was still pale, watching Liam almost as if he couldn’t believe he was ok.

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He looked at me, his heart racing as he glanced at Uncle El, as even Aunty Red moved back questioningly.

“Haru Jacobs.” Uncle El said quietly, making my stomach plummet.

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My father… he…

“He’s dead.

I killed him.

I’m sorry.” Uncle El said, looking directly at me.

I shook my head

“No, I’m sorry that this happened because of me… I’m sorry.”

“Hey.

Stop apologising.

You are not responsible for your father’s crimes, Raven.” Uncle El said firmly, as I fought back the tears.

Liam stood up again, closing the gap between us.

He pulled me tightly into his arms, making sparks erupt through me as he encased me in his embrace.

Please, never let me go.

“Yeah, you aren’t responsible.” He said quietly.

I closed my eyes, clutching on to his ruined shirt as I sobbed quietly into it.

“It’s been a long night, everyone just head to bed for now….” Uncle El said.

“The few who were injured, make sure your wounds are checked, luckily Liam took most of them…”

“The guards outside his home are all unconscious.

Someone helped him.” Zack said, making us all turn sharply.

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“We’ll figure this out.” Uncle El said.

“The curse is broken.” Liam said quietly.

Aunty Red gasped, her eyes lighting up.

My heart skipped a beat as I stared up at him.

“You were willing to sacrifice yourself for me…a selfless sacrifice.” Damon said, quietly.

“It broke the curse.”

He looked at Liam, who gave him a small smile.

“I always would.” He replied quietly.

Their eyes met, I knew this conversation between them wasn’t over.

I gave Damon a small smile and he smiled back.

“We’ll get the area cleaned.

You all should head home.” Damon said, quietly.

Uncle El shook his head.

“No, we’ll do this together.

Red, take Azura and Monica home.

Raven?”

“I’m staying to help,” I said firmly.

“Ok.” Uncle didn’t argue, and I was relieved.

Damon looked down, and I frowned, concerned.

‘You ok?’

‘Yeah, I am.’ He replied through the link.

Our eyes met and he gave me a wink.

He was shaken by what happened… and something told me this would be the start of mending the rifts between them… I sure hoped so anyway…

I looked at Liam, who was looking down at me with unmasked adoration in his eyes that were still shining magnetic blue.

My heart skipped a beat and I raised my eyebrows.

“What is it?” I asked.

“You look beautiful, even with that cake in your hair.” He teased, and just like that, I felt like everything was going to be completely fine.

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We returned to the Westwood home two hours later.

We had helped clean up, including getting the glass from inside the bedrooms cleaned up too.