Chapter 84:

Axel's POV

My eyes were fixed on the paper in front of me but my mind was somewhere entirely different from the contents of the paper.

My mind was observing a memory —one where Violet was in it.

I saw her face as she cried for her disgusting parents and my anger returned.

She shed tears for those criminals when she could have poured them out on herself as she anticipated the punishment I was preparing for her.

My wolf didn't agree with killing her, yet every part of me wanted to bring her pain for what she had done.

I was foolish enough to loosen my guard...