"But you are still the one who tried to kill my mother. That alone strips you of any claim to innocence. It does not matter that you did not kill Kira," Anna snapped, her voice laced with raw contempt.
Collin did not flinch. Instead, he nodded slowly, as if acknowledging an inconvenient truth. "I would not have gone that far if your friend Ethan had not caught me watching you. And if your husband Daniel had not decided to dig into my past."
Anna froze.
Her breath hitched as his words sank in. He knew. Not just fragments. Everything.
Her eyes widened despite herself, fury and shock colliding in her chest.
"I know why you married Daniel," Collin continued calmly, leaning back in his chair as though they were discussing something trivial. His gaze never left her face. "You did it to save your family from him. From his power. From what he could take away."
Anna clenched her fists, her nails biting into her palms.
