Chapter 165

Liam

Trust was never something I gave easily.

And after what Claire had done, it wasn’t something she could ever really earn again.

But as I stood at the edge of the ridge, watching the storm roll across the horizon, I knew one thing for certain…

if there was even a chance she could lead me to Alaria, I’d take it.

Even if it meant that I would have to be in the place with her.

Kai joined me not long after. He didn’t bother with pleasantries; he rarely did when I looked like this, half man, half wildfire.

“She’s dangerous,” he said immediately. “You know that, right? And she could be dragging us deeper into more….”

“I know.” I said, stopping him from completing whatever it was that he was going to tell me. Not because I didn’t want to listen, but because I knew that everything that he was going to say was true.

“She’s lied before. Manipulated everyone around her. Including you. And she has done it without blinking, Liam. Yo