Chapter 159

Alaric’s POV

I was barely standing on the threshold, and the air between us changed, turning heavy and charged with some kind of electricity.

I had no idea what I was expecting when I got here, but…holy fuck.

Meadow looked phenomenal. And even that was an understatement. I hadn’t seen her in a month and I could see that a lot of things had changed about her. Not just physically. She’d gotten much more fierce and feisty.

I fucking loved that.

I wanted to touch her. God. She was just there, just within my reach…

But that wasn’t what I was here for.

I needed to tell her the truth about her father, needed her to understand why I did what I did, and why I knew I didn’t deserve her.

And whatever the outcome was… I’d accept it.

Something thick formed in my throat. The fact that she got all dressed up for another man made me feel murderous.

Who the fuck was he?

Meadow sighed. “You want to talk? Fine, we’ll ta