DANIKA
Eve's eyes glisten as she clutches the spot where I slapped her. For a moment, she doesn't speak. She just stares at me as if I've betrayed her.
"You think I hurt him for no reason?" she snaps, her voice shaking.
I cross my arms, anger blazing inside of me.
She clenches her jaw, but her eyes soften, wet with tears that I'm not sure are real.
“He killed my sister, Danika," she whispers, her voice cracking. "He slaughtered her. You don't know what it's like to wake up every day knowing that the monster who ruined your life gets to keep breathing."
I blink, thrown off balance by the rawness in her tone. "You don't know that," I utter.
She lets out a hollow laugh. "I saw it! I saw him covered in her blood! Lakewood men are cursed, Dani. Every single one of them. They take and de
