Lily and James (werewolf novel) novel Chapter 95

Chapter 0095

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*Trigger Warning: I apologize in advance: This chapter is going to be emotional and really, really dark. Violence and threatened (but not actual) sexual assault/ child abuse will be discussed.

(Lily POV)

“Question 1. What happened on the night that Stephanie died?”

I lifted my head off of James‘ shoulder and took a deep breath.

“What?” I asked him.

James squeezed my hand and spoke solemnly. “You said that no one has ever asked you what happened.

on the night that Stephanie died, so I want to. My first question for you is just that. What happened?”

“You could not start off small and work your way up? Ask me what my favorite color is; what my favorite. food is, something like that?”

James gave me a sad smile. “Nope. I want to get the hard stuff out of the way. We can work our way down to the easy stuff. Now stop stalling and answer the question. Unless you want to take off your shirt.”

I glared at him. “I could also take off a sandal or exercise a veto.”

“Sure. But you won’t do either of those things.”

No, I won’t. Because I know we need to have this conversation, even if a huge part of me knows that it is

happening six years too late.

I looked at my hands.

“I can only tell you what I heard and what I saw. I do not know everything that happened. I have a lot of

questions myself.”

“I understand that. I just want to know what happened from your perspective.”

I looked up and studied his face, which is something that I have done a lot today. I look closely at his eyes, searching for any clues about how ready he may be for my answer.

Of course, I do not know why I am bothering to look. I already know that he is not ready. If he had any Idea what the answer to his question would entall, we would not be playing this game and he would not