#Chapter 108 Bloodlines

Mira “Why are you telling me this?” The sound around me returned to normal, after a moment deafening ringing in my ears as the shock rolled over me. Malachi shrugged. “We are both people of science, medicine, facts,” he said to me. “And I think you deserve to know the truth about the family you’ve married into.” I stared at him, trying to keep my face steady and my heart from leaping out of my chest. “So what are you saying, exactly? That Dominic’s mother was killed by her own people?” I felt spit fly from my mouth as I spoke. “That seems like a convenient story from the one accused of the same crime.” “I made my fair share of mistakes, I don’t deny it,” Malachi said, his voice taking on a richer tone than I’d heard before. It was like for the first time he was using his diaphragm to protect sound. “I have paid dearly for my sins. But I am not the only one to bear the guilt of her death. I may have been the cause, but others did nothing to prevent it.” My head was swirl