The Face of Betrayal

Bryce’s POV

Sending Valerie with Darius was one of the hardest things I ever had to allow. For six years, I had sought to keep this very scenario from happening, hoping to keep Valerie as far from Darius as possible, and therefore keep her safe.

Yet, for all my efforts, the only thing I had succeeded in doing was putting her even further into harm’s way. I’d exposed her to Mallory, who had always