Chapter 101
Grady looked away. “I’m telling Kendric what I did so Irrissa won’t have to face a tribunal. I’m the reason Irrissa broke the law. I used my ability to make her do it.” “No, you didn’t!” Irrissa screamed, launching to her feet. “Stop trying to cover for me—I don’t need your help.” “Please let me do this, Irrissa. It’s the least I can do, after everything.” A hint of warmth and love was back in his eyes, but she looked away. “I—I think you should listen to him, Irrissa,” Edaline stammered. Each word seemed to steal her strength as she spoke it. “Grady’s right.” “No. I’m not going to let you lie to the Council and risk exile because you feel guilty about dumping me.” “It’s not about guilt,” Grady whispered. The tenderness in his voice made her throat catch, but she cleared it away. “Or
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