“Now,” he barks.
I have to bite my lip to keep from smiling. I’ve never seen him give her anything less than what she wants. I mean, I haven’t been around them much, but from what I’ve seen from the sidelines, everyone seems to cater to her.
Huffing, she spins around and storms out of the basement, making sure to run her shoulder into mine. Like always, she’s going to throw a fucking tantrum for not getting her way.
“Why are we down here?” Kashton asks, pulling me to stand in front of him. He wraps his arms around my upper arms and rests his chin on top of my head. “My wife needs to be in bed resting.”
Fuck, I missed this so much. I knew I loved him, but I never knew it could be like this. How attached I could get to another human being.
Adam adjusts his stance, crossing his arms over his chest. “You want answers. I’m going to give them to you.”
Kashton snorts. “Your version or the truth?”
Adam sighs but doesn’t respond. Instead, he looks at me, and I stiffen in my husband’s arms. My pulse begins to race wondering what he’s about to say. “You did bury Eve. Just a different version of her.”
“That doesn’t make any sense.” Kashton pulls away from me, and I feel cold all of a sudden. I wore one of Kashton’s hoodies, knowing it’s freezing down here. He moves to stand by my side instead.
Adam’s eyes remain on mine when he speaks again. “She’s a twin.”
“No.” I shake my head, and I feel everyone turn to look at me. “I’m not.” My eyes go to Kashton, who is frowning. “That’s not true.” I look back at Adam. “You’re lying.”
“Yes. You are,” Adam argues. “You had an identical twin, and I killed her. To save you.”
I refuse to believe it. He’s lying to save his own ass for what he did. “I would have known that.”
Haidyn turns to face me. “Do you remember seeing Charlotte at the cathedral?”
I frown. “What? When Bill had you meet him there? No. She wasn’t with you.” Why would he ask me that?
He tilts his head in thought. “No. When you were younger. Charlotte saw you at the cathedral. It was an offering. You were there with LeAnne.”
“No. I wasn’t.” I glance at Kashton, confused. What are they talking about? “I wasn’t allowed to leave Carnage when I was younger.” I was kept at Carnage until I was given to Dollhouse at nineteen. Then I spent a year in that hellhole.
“Let’s say you’re right…” Ryat speaks to Adam. “If Garrett had another daughter, why would she be with LeAnne?”
Kashton runs a hand through his hair. He looks unsure about whether to believe Adam or not.
“I’m right. It’s how the cops had your DNA on the dead girl,” Adam goes on. “Your identical twin played a part in killing that woman and dumping her in the cemetery that she knew you visited. And the woman who was found but had survived. She was tortured by you…the other you. They wanted her to go to the cops and describe Eve. It was just another base they were covering to make sure you went down for the murders.”
“But Haidyn killed her,” Saint adds. “It put a kink in their plan.”
“What?” I gasp, looking at my brother. “You killed her?” When he doesn’t say anything, I look at my husband, but he’s also ignoring me.
“How long have you known about this?” Haidyn snaps at Adam.
He sighs. “Not long. I started to get suspicious one night after I met up with Kashton. He had just left Blackout and told me that he had seen and spoken to Eve while there. But he couldn’t have. I had just gotten off a call with her, and she was on the opposite side of town about to do a job.”
“What?” I turn to look at Kashton. “You spoke to her?”
“I…” He shrugs. “Uh…I don’t know.” Kashton stumbles over his words. “But I…the three guys from the cathedral were the same three guys I beat up that night at Blackout after I spoke to Eve…uh, your sister. So if she set up the meeting at the cathedral, then it makes sense that she had those guys helping her.”
I run a hand through my hair nervously and take a step back from him.
“Think about it…Isabella is here. She ran Dollhouse. Their leader was taken away by Everett. If Evan hadn’t confirmed to Eve that Haidyn was at Dollhouse, then we wouldn’t have gone and pulled our brother out and brought Isabella here. They knew they had one secret weapon left.” Adam’s green eyes find mine, and I swallow nervously. “You. So they set you up. Tried to get rid of you so she could move in on Kashton, pretending to be his wife, gain access to the inside of Carnage, and then set Isabella free. But when the woman was killed, causing their original plan to fail, they had to change it up. Decided to kill you instead.”
“No,” Kashton barks. “Christopher said that Eve was set up because Evan wanted her…”
“It’s possible,” Adam agrees. “If you were with her twin—Vivian—then he had Eve, and you didn’t know the difference.”
