Chapter 138: Tell The Truth
Jacob~
"A Lie in the Light Feels Like Darkness Still"
The moment Griffin turned and walked off toward the house, the tension in Natalie’s shoulders dropped like a weight she’d been carrying for days. Her fingers curled at her sides, then unclenched. She didn’t look at me right away, just stared out at the line of trees beyond the garden like they held answers she couldn’t yet face.
"I know that look," I said softly, moving closer to her side. "It’s the one you wear when your soul is twisted into a thousand knots."
She let out a breath, half a sigh, half a laugh. "You’ve always been annoyingly good at reading me."
"It’s a sibling thing," I replied with a gentle smile, brushing a strand of hair away from her face. "Also, I’ve been watching you since the dawn of time. Literally."
Natalie finally turned to me, her eyes darker than usual—stormy, almost. "I don’t know what to do, Jacob. I feel like I’m walking on glass barefoot and blindfolded."
I tilted my head, studying her face. "This is about Zane, isn’t it?"
She nodded slowly. "He called me yesterday morning... through the mind link."
My brows arched. "And?"
"And then again last night," she added, biting her lip. "We talked the whole night, Jacob. About everything. We told each other how much we missed each other, how things were going. He told me he couldn’t wait to hold me again."