"I gave that family everything."
Every word comes sharper now.
"I protected Zane, I cleaned up his messes and I stood beside him through everything."
The bitterness in his voice is terrifying.
"And what did my family get in return?"
I shake my head immediately.
"No."
Because whatever he's about to imply…..No.
Absolutely not.
But Thomas steps closer anyway.
"Your husband destroyed my mother."
Anger flashes through me instantly.
"No he didn't."
"He absolutely did.
"He was a child!"
Thomas's jaw tightens.
"And yet she still died because of what happened at their site."
Silence crashes heavily into the room, my heart pounds painfully hard now.
Beside me, Aria looks pale.
Wait. Aria.
Holy shit.
I turn toward her again slowly.
"You're really Aria?"
She swallows hard before nodding faintly.
I stare at her in disbelief, everybody thought she was dead for years.
Zane mourned her.
Lucas mourned her.
The entire world thought she died.
"How?" I whisper.
