A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 1099

And now, he was dumping all the blame on her? Susanna couldn't take it.

Fairfax squeezed his eyes shut. "I never should have saved you."

As the words left his mouth, tears leaked from the corners of his tightly shut eyes.

It hurt. God, it hurt so much. The excruciating, suffocating ache in his chest hadn't faded a single bit over the past two weeks. If anything, it had only grown sharper.

He was in sheer agony... He was terrified to sleep. The second he closed his eyes, the gruesome scene at Shark Sea would flash behind his eyelids.

"So, you are blaming me, aren't you?" Susanna sobbed, utterly heartbroken.

Honestly, she blamed herself too.

Every time she remembered that Starla had died because of her, the guilt practically swallowed her whole.

Fairfax shook his head. "No. I'm blaming myself."

"I was too arrogant. I thought I could protect her..." His voice cracked, unable to finish the sentence.

Smack! Smack! He violently slapped his own face again.

He hated himself enough to beat himself to death!

Why? Why was he so damn full of himself? He arrogantly assumed that because Yardley was her brother, he would never actually take her life.

He arrogantly assumed that no matter where he put her, he could keep her completely safe!

He arrogantly assumed... she would never die!

He had been so incredibly arrogant about so many things!!

But he had completely forgotten the wildcards.

Yardley wouldn't have killed her.

But Lazar's men had been there that day—the exact people whose interests were permanently tied to General Licht.

With Licht dead, how could they not seek vengeance against Fairfax's side?

That kind of burning hatred demanded that someone be torn to pieces! And in the end, Starla became the first casualty of their revenge.

Susanna took a deep, shaky breath. "Then shouldn't you get revenge for her?"

Yes, revenge!

He had spent months whispering in Starla's ear, telling her that Herbert couldn't be trusted, that he was a bad person.

That his feelings for her were fake!

But who could have predicted that the first person to avenge Starla—the one who violently tore Lazar apart—would be Herbert...

It was Herbert who avenged her!

Susanna froze, completely stunned.

"Herbert? How is that possible?" she asked in disbelief.

"Herbert's men reached Shark Sea before we did. The moment he heard she was gone—before he even set foot on the island—he gave the order to completely annihilate the place!"

By the time he and Yardley arrived, Lazar was already a corpse. The scene they walked into had been an absolute, terrifying massacre!

Susanna was utterly speechless.

She suddenly remembered how fiercely Herbert had guarded Starla back in Marina City.

"I thought everything had changed once we got back to Yoran Country!"