Chapter 103: a goddamn war
Malakai's POV
"I saw a building collapse with the people inside," Camilla whispered. Then gaze to her palms. "I don't know why... but my hands... they were shaking... like I did it."
My blood turned to ice.
"Then... there... there was a cocoa farm. Set on fire. People buried in it. I think I did it. I burned them all."
She squeezed her eyes shut and dragged both hands through her hair, pulling on the strands until I had to stop her. Her heartbeat felt so loud it filled the room, like guilt was pounding inside her chest, fighting to get out.
I pulled her closer and wrapped my arms around her shaking body. The silence dropped heavily between us, thick and choking. Her words kept echoing in my head, pulling my mind back to something I read during the court per
