Harper’s POV
I honestly felt like I was intruding on a personal conversation I had no right to be present for.
But it wasn’t as though I could just turn around and leave. I had to stay regardless of the uncomfortable tension that filled the air around us.
Once more, Calix’s face took on a look of intense anger that was surprisingly mixed with shame. His eyes continued to crawl over the woman that he’d once considered his mate.
“How could you?” Her voice cracked beneath the weight of the emotion that curled around her words. “How could you allow so many horrible things to happen? All those lives you’ve stolen. For what? Power? Control?”
But the drastic shift in his tone was proof that he still cared for her.
“How on earth was I supposed to protect you from all the other threats t
