Alaric’s POV:

I wasn’t sure what I was expecting Meadow to say to me. But anything would’ve been less surprising than this.

Anything.

“What?” I pulled back to look at her properly—at the wild look in her eyes, the tears that had gathered but refused to fall. “What do you mean you killed your mother? Why would you say that?”

“I…” Meadow’s bottom lip quivered. “I can’t… I didn’t know how to tell you so I just—” Her breathing turned shallow, and with the way ...