Chapter 104. New Friends

Zayne wasn’t moved.

“The woman who swore she’d kill me,” he muttered. “The one who cursed my name with her dying breath… and now you address that same man as your beloved? If this is a plan of yours, it’s a pathetic one.”

Aria’s brows drew together in confusion.

“Kill you? Plan? Why would I ever—?”

Her tears ran down her face.

The sight only fueled his anger—that same face, once cold and fearless, now so small and helpless.

He hated it.

Zayne’s jaw clenched so hard it cracked.

He leaned forward, his voice low and venomous.

“How would your parents feel, seeing you smile at the man who murdered them?”

Her lips parted, eyes glistening.

“My… parents? I have parents?”

He wanted her to fight. To scream. To remember.

But she only looked lost.

Then the tears came, pouring down like rain.

“I don’t understand,” she whispered. “Why are you saying such awful things to me? You’re the