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Ethan crossed his arms, kept his stare bland "Didn’t we just do this yesterday?"

"Nessa killed our cousin," Niall spat "We have evidence" Without taking his eyes off us, he gestured behind hied her very thin legs, and a black T-shirt seemed almost blousy on her thin frame Her hair was pulled into a ponytail, and her eyes were bright and held that saleam as Niall’s

She pulled a sheaf of papers from her pocket, extended the and perusing theaze at Nessa "She was filing for divorce She was going to leave him"

Divorce papers, Ethan silently confir the papers to Nessa with an obvious question in his eyes

"Where did you get these?" Nessa dely sneer "You’re not denying it?"

Nessa sed, gaze flicking froh patch I couldn’t get him to talk to me; he was so absorbed in his work I was frustrated, and I talked to a lawyer But we got through it We started talking again Prioritizing our relationship Things were getting better, so I didn’t pursue it I focused on fixing e"

Darla looked entirely unconvinced "That doesn’t explain the fight you had with hio" She looked at Ethan, clearly believing he was the one she needed to convince "She screaht in front of the library"

Whatever Ethan thought about the adlanced at Nessa, whose eyes had gone very, very wide

Her gaze flew to Ethan, pleading in her eyes "It didn’t ree better"

Darla either wasn’t convinced or didn’t care "You’re not one of us You never were, and you never will be He could have done so ive hiic--horrified and grief stricken--that burst from Nessa She jolted forward, and Damien wrapped an ar off the patio toward the shifters

"You little bitch I didn’t murder my husband! I loved him, and he loved me"