Alexa couldn’t believe how blind she’d been to Zeke. Being wrapped up in her own pain for so long had closed her off from feeling love for others. It had hardened her into someone she hadn’t even realized. Someone who didn’t take other’s feelings into consideration because she didn’t understand her own.
Now she saw how badly she was damaged from that day. She buried the memories and emotions to stay tough, to show the bastard he hadn’t hurt her. Not that it mattered, she now realized. He was dead. Her lioness had killed him to protect her.
Sometime soon, she’d have to thank Nick’s father for whatever he did to not implicate her in the killing. The paper reported that the boy had been attacked and mauled by a wild animal. Nothing was said about his pants being open and his d**k hanging o
