Maria's Point of View
The storm of Fredrick's confession hung in the air like it was about to unleash its fury on the world. My breath caught up into my throat, and my heartbeat went wild in the chest. I could hardly begin to process his words.
"You… what?" I whispered, my voice trembling. She had told me a thing that I hardly could believe to be true: Fredrick, the only one whom I trusted to stand by me in this whole ordeal, had played us all for fools.
Kairo's eyes darkened, anger and nearly incredulity. He clenched his fists at his sides, the tension visible as some form of palpable force. "You gave her everything?" His voice was- a suggestion of calm. Too calm, as if he were trying to hold in the rage that seethed beneath the surface.
Fredrick stood there with his white face, now
