Dusk Snow Hides All Return (Rowan and Adrienne) novel Chapter 168

Chapter 142

I felt two dark figures pounding on me simultaneously.

The expected pain didn’t come. The smell of blood overpowered the gasoline.

‘Aaah-”

The next second, a woman’s scream and the sound of a heavy object hitting the floor echoed.

I didn’t know what happened. A tall, dark figure pressed down on me, my nose brushing against his chest. His unique scent stirred something within me.“…Mr. Shaw..?”

Xander, gritting his teeth, said, “Let go.”

I realized my fingers were clutching his clothes, my palm pressed against his abs through the fabric… I quickly let go.

The darkness and my swollen face hid my embarrassment.

Xander stood up, untied me, then, clutching his stabbed lower back, subdued and bound Tanner. He transformed to a wolf. His tail wrapped tightly around me, forming a protective stance, ready to prevent Tanner from retaliating.

This is the first time I saw Xander in wolf.

Soon, Jason arrived, along with the police and Summer.

The gasoline inside and outside the house, me lying on the sofa, covered in injuries, Xander wounded, and Tanner howling like a mad dog… everyone was stunned.

I recounted the events. Xander handed the lighter to the police, explaining what he’d witnessed. Unfortunately, because he’d caught the lighter barehanded, his fingerprints were on it, so it couldn’t be used as evidence–but the knife on the floor could be.

After the police apprehended the escaped man in black, Tanner couldn’t deny her crime.

“Tanner, you tried to burn Sophia to death! You’re a lunatic, a maniac!” Summer yelled.

“Jason, it’s not like what you think. I’m the victim; I was framed,” Tanner started playing the victim again.

Jason watched everything unfold, looking at my injuries, his heart felt like it was tearing apart.

He stood there numbly. The surrounding sounds twisted into a venomous snake, swallowing him whole. The consequences of his disloyalty were laid bare before him. He remembered my words: you didn’t all me, but I was killed because of you, which makes

no difference.

It was truly over…

Jason didn’t kill me, but I was hurt because of Jason. What a joke!

The sky outside was dark; the world before him faded into endless gray, no longer vibrant.

‘Sophia…”

His legs felt heavy as lead,

I looked at him, my eyes like a pool of still, dead water.

We stared at each other for a long time.

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But neither of us spoke. I don’t know why, but the bond between Jason and I, which had been severed, reconnected However, the bond that was once filled with all kinds of emotions was now empty.

There’s a sadness called silence. We’d gone from the most beautiful summer to withered decay. There would be no next spring.

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