Sienna’s POV
Maya and I left Marlow’s Diner and took a cab straight to Moonfall Motel. It felt strange going back there. That place had already ruined me once. Or maybe I ruined myself there. I did not even know anymore. All I knew was that the last time I stepped into that motel, I had been searching for Kael with fear in my chest and his mark burning on my neck. Now I was going there to record the truth because my lie had grown legs, teeth, and claws, and it was tearing apart a man who had not exposed me even when he had every right to.
Kael losing his job because of my lie got to me. It did more than get to me. It sat inside my chest like a stone. I had told that lie because I wanted my family to be lenient. I had wanted them to see me as someone hurt, not someone reckless. I had want
