"My… soul?"
The words fall from my lips in a hollow whisper, like something already dead being dragged back to life.
My face goes slack, the shock draining every bit of heat from my body as I stare at him, my mind scrambling—failing—to catch up with what he just said.
Nora.
Nora lied.
She looked me in the eyes…stood right in front of me…handed me those results…pretended—
My jaw tightens, a sharp, trembling breath ripping through me as anger begins to burn through the disbelief.
"That b***h…" I mutter under my breath, my voice low, shaking with fury as the betrayal settles deep in my chest, heavy and suffocating. "She really sold me out…"
I trusted her. And she led me straight into the devil's den.
Slowly, I lift my head again, forcing myself to look at Keal, even as my stomach chu
