Chapter 4

All the color drained from Claire's face.

She stormed over to where Marcus stood, desperately trying to maintain her composure.

"Is what you said true?"

"True or false?"

Marcus's cold laughter echoed through the silent hall.

"You're so full of yourself. No wonder Adrian left you."

"You know what? He said he hated his own weakness. He hated that he loved you too much to let go time and time again. He said he should thank you for drugging him, because it finally gave him the chance to break free completely."

Those words shattered the last line of Claire's defenses.