Chapter 128

Alaric’s POV

I had never been this confused about anything in my life. I always got it right, I always knew what to do, what to say, what to think.

But this?

It broke me so much that I couldn’t do anything but listen to her express her pain. All I could do was wonder if there was a way I could fix this. Hell—if there was a way to turn back the hands of the clock, I fucking would.

But what Meadow wanted me to say… what she wanted me to admit.

Fuck. I cared about this woman more than anything, but she didn’t know me yet. I couldn’t let her feel that way about me when she hadn’t seen all of me.

I told her before that I was no monster, but I lied then.

I was a fucking monster.

Meadow exhaled slowly, pursing her lips. “You won’t say anything?” It seemed I couldn’t even say anything tonight. “You could at least lie, you know? At least that's something we both know you’re good at.”

She shivered, crossing her arms in fro