Chapter forty nine:

49.

Chloe's POV:

He stared at me for too long and for a second there, I thought he'd gone dumb. He finally sighed, his eyes rolling down then back up at me. “Why?”

I raised a questioning brow, trying to act like I had no idea of what he was asking. He didn't play along with me or even try to, he just stared right back at me.

I sighed, giving up already. “Marcus locked me up in a room and placed silver all over, so I wouldn't escape.” I was talking in whispers and hopefully, there wasn't a listening ear around. “He also told the rest...