“She has no idea, of course. That’s why she told lies here today. I convinced her that she loved me, I made her forget that I forced her hand, I made her want me and desire me. Everything she believes about our relationship is a farce that I concocted.” I shook my head, tears rolling down my cheeks as Darius’s grip tightened on my hand. “And why would you do that?” Whitclaw asked sweetly. “Because I wanted her. I got off on the power and I knew I could use her to rise in society,” Orion said with a shrug that was callous and cold.
