Chapter 69:
THE MAN WHO KILLED ME
The words hung in the air like a death sentence.
Caius didn’t deny it.
Didn’t flinch.
Didn’t look away.
He just watched me, his silver eyes unreadable, his expression calm too calm. Like he had been waiting for me to remember. Like he had known this moment would come.
Ethan’s grip on my shoulders tightened, his breathing sharp. “You what?”
Gabriel and Marissa froze where they stood. The girl who had led us here was completely still, her expression blank.
No one spoke.
No one moved.
Until Ethan snapped.
His body lunged before I could stop him.
His fist collided with Caius’s jaw in a brutal strike that sent a crack echoing through the Veil Lands.
Caius staggered but didn’t fall.
Ethan wasn’t done.
He grabbed him
