I didn't have time to ask how she'd pulled off the impossible and survived right under everyone's noses.
Or why she hadn't gone after Felix for revenge first.
Because Felix's reaction right then caught me completely off guard. He'd clearly known all along.
Felix let out a bitter, hollow laugh. "I'm doing all this to atone for what I did."
Alice—no, Alissa just shot him a scathing, disdainful glance before looking away like he wasn't even worth her attention.
"You could've turned a blind eye like you did all those years ago. Why the hell are you helping me now?" she asked.
"Because not a single second has gone by since you disappeared that I haven't hated myself for what I did."
That rainy night, I'd cowered behind a corner.
I'd watched with my own two eyes as Felix, the man I'd res
