Chapter 106

Athena

"But Jess wasn't weak," he said, almost conversationally.

"She was healthy. Strong. She wouldn't have gone into labor early on her own. But your precious Seraphina made sure she did. She put it right in her tea, in her seat, smiling while Jess drank it."

My breath caught in my throat. The basement felt smaller suddenly, the walls pressing in from all sides. I could hear my heartbeat in my ears, loud and erratic.

"You're lying."

The words came out weak, barely a whisper. Even as I said them, something deep in my chest told me he wasn't lying at all.

The way he stood there, so...