The Luna Queen's Rebirth (Ellie and Dominic) novel Chapter 105

Chapter 105

My chest tightens. “You didn’t. But I can’t trust you.

The words surprise both of us.

His form stiffens, slowly turning his head “What did you say?”

“You’ve lied,” I say. My voice shakes, and I hate that it does. “In the past. You used to use me. Treat me like crap. And I let you. Everything between us has always come with strings, Dominic. Always. You’re parents, my sister, everything.”

His jaw sets. “That’s not fair.”

“Isn’t it?” Heat rises behind my eyes. “Everything about you is…hard! More then you even know!”

“I never forced you to do anything,” he fires back to the wall, frustration bleeding through now. “I never told you to serve me or my friends. I never asked you to stay silent or loyal or–whatever version of me you’ve built in your head. I get it, I was an ass but we’re different now!”

“You didn’t have to ask,” I say. “You just let me do it.”

He went silent.

“I don’t get you,” He finally said. Hand running down his face. “I’m sorry I was an ass, that we’re complicated. But have I not proved we’re…different now. Older?”

I shook my head, letting it fall into my hands. “I don’t know you Dom. I don’t know.”

“So why do you keep saying that?” He snapped, finally turning around. “Why do you keep acting like I’m the villain?” he demands, standing, approaching. “Why do you keep punishing me for things like they are still happening? Is that how we’re going to be forever?”

The pit feels smaller. The air heavier.

Because the truth is messier than that. In another life, his years of abandonment, infidelity, cruelty. How was I meant to trust that?

He stops inches from me, and I can’t look up.

“Because you aren’t actually a good person.””

The words come out quiet.

They still hit like a blade.

Dominic freezes.

“What?” His voice drops, wounded and sharp all at once.

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“You think doing the bare minimum makes you good,” I say, my throat burning. “You think not being the worst version of yourself earns you something. It doesn’t.”

His eyes darken. “You don’t know me. You don’t get to say that-.”

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