CHAPTER 292 Unrequited

  ~ JESSE ~

  I cleared my throat and tried to push away all the emotion of everything.

  "Rake… I know what I'm supposed to do here. And I do want to help him. But I don't know if I can."

  "You can. You already have."

  I shook my head. "That's not what I meant. I mean… I want to see him heal. I want to see him win. I want to root out these wolves my family has been working with. But the idea of surrendering to him again…"

  Rake's upper lip curled back from his teeth, and he stared at me looking fierce. "I wasn't exaggerating when I said I could have killed him. When I left your house and started on my way here, I had to spend the entire time talking myself down from just using his trust to get close and… Honestly, Jesse… I wanted him dead."