Lily and James (werewolf novel) novel Chapter 82

Chapter 0082

James looks up, and I see sadness, guilt, fear, and confusion In his eyes. And yet, he still does not

answer me.

“ANSWER ME, D&&&IT!”

(James POV)

“Answer her, James,” Luke demands.

I want do. I really do. But I am so scared. I have allowed Stephanie’s death and Lily’s role in it to define my life for the past six years. I now know that Lily was not to blame, but am I ready to cast negativity on Stephanie… the she–wolf that I loved “that you thought you loved,” Luke corrects me

for almost my whole life?

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Worse, what if Lily does not understand why I blamed her? What if my explanation makes her hate me more? What if, after I tell her, she ends the meeting and walks away?

“You owe it to Lily to tell her the truth,” Luke tells me. “If she does not forgive you, then… then we will figure something else out. But tell her, James. Please.”

I look at the ocean, take a deep breath, and slowly begin to lay it all out there.

“The night that Stephanie died, we were watching a movie together. She got a text around midnight. She did not let me see the text, but she said that it was from you. You snuck out of the house to meet a boy in the woods, and you got lost. You needed her to come and rescue you.”

I take a quick glance at Lily. She is watching me intently. I look back at the ocean. My mind brings me back to the memories and emotions of that fateful day. I continue the story almost as though I am telling

it in real time.

“I was angry. Really angry. You should not have been in the woods late at night, much less in the woods.

to fool around with a boy. I wanted to go with Stephanie to rescue you…. and to teach you a lesson… but Stephanie insisted that she go by herself. She said you would be embarrassed if anyone else knew what

you had been up to. So I let her go.