SHAWN
They were talking about me. I was sure of it.
And from the calculative looks in their eyes, combined with the hardcore dread crawling up my spine—as if the humiliation I was already saddled with tonight wasn't enough—I knew the jewelry incident wasn't all they had for me. It wasn't all they had for my family tonight.
My teeth gritted until my jaw ached as I looked at Elara. She was speaking to her father, or rather, agreeing to something he was saying, if the sharp, decisive nod was any indication.
Was I to believe then that all this was the plan of her brothers, of her father?
That would make sense.
My Elara wouldn't do this to me; she wouldn't humiliate me this way, not after all we have been through.
Her brothers and that opportunistic Killian were the ones pulling th
