Chapter 42. Pains of Betrayal

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I stood up from my hiding spot. I didn't know how to feel at this moment. Pain, hate, or betrayal. This had gone on long enough, and I would see it end.

“Ariana, what are you doing?” Freya whisper-yelled at me as she stared at me in shock.

“I wouldn't sit here and watch them…” I trailed off as the good old days flashed through my mind. Sean was my one-time lover and someone I had spent a great deal of time with, and seeing this affected me.

I stormed over to them as I entered the farmhouse and made sure they heard me enter. My mother pushed Sean away from her in fear as she rearranged her clothes. Once