Chapter 275

I sighed, a frustration bubbling up from somewhere deep inside. "I didn’t mean it like that," I muttered. "I didn’t mean to—"

Silas didn’t let me finish. He simply stared at me, his expression unreadable, his gaze like a silent reprimand. I hated that look. It was the same look he always gave me when he thought he had me figured out, when he thought he could manipulate me into doing what he wanted