ARIA’S POV
There it was - the words I had long suspected but never had the courage to give life to. Looking into Damien’s eyes, I wasn’t sure it was a completely impossible idea for him.
“Did you want to do it?”
Damien said nothing. His gaze dropped several degrees, and his lips tightened.
“You did think about it,” I said. “What stopped it? Who saved me?”
I heard it loud and clear, the exact words Damien wanted to say, the exact feeling he wanted me to feel.
It wasn’t him, I knew that much. Maybe there was a slight hesitation, but he was ultimately going to do it.
Damien Blackwell had been planning to kill me.
And he didn’t change his mind alone.
“Who was it?” I asked again.
Damien’s mouth opened, a slow release of breath pushing from between his lips.
“Marcus.”
I nodded sagel
