This chapter contains triggering topics. Sexual assault and torture. “So you are telling me that you made a deal with Arabella, only to break the deal?” I ask, and Malachi nods. “Correct. Arabella had to be stopped one way or another. If the only way that we could trap her was to lie to her, then so be it.” Malachi shrugged it off, pouring himself a glass of whiskey. “You were scared of a woman in a man’s world?” I ask, and he shrugs. “She was an animal that needed to be put down. Don’t get me wrong, she had a lot of potential, and she was freakishly strong, but she was her own downfall.” “This whole entire time I thought there was something wrong with me because I couldn’t control my powers, or my blood lust. In the meantime, I have been normal. I just am from a strong clan of v

