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Chapter 291
**Mason’s POV**
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My eyes are blurry from all the reading we have been doing Whichever one of us was Nero, they had terrible
handwriting and waffled on about absolutely pointless crap for almost seven whole pages. If | had to put money
on it, I'd say Nero is Theo. We will have to make sure we mignitor what he writes in it this time, for the sake of
my future self.
I'lean back in my chair with my feet up on the table and my eyes closed as D continues to read through the
journal. | try to concentrate on my connection with Luke. Trying to pain any insight into what might be happening
by his emotions. It's drivinginsane, not knowing what is happening, | want a play-by-play of everything, but
I know how hard it is to communicate through the mind link when you have an important task to focus on.
“Shit. | really hope I'm not Tristan,” Deacon says, and | open my eyes to look at him.
“Why? Is he writing nonsense too?” | ask.
“No, he betrayed the rest of the group,” he says, his tone serious.
“How?” | ask, sitting up straight now.
“From what | have read so far, he was secretly working against the entire bond group the whole time. They had
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtno idea until he disappeared. They spent months searching for him. They thought he had been killed because
they could no longer feel his connection to the group or communicate with him. They eventually found him,
building an army to dominate both the humans and the Greys. Lucius killed Tristan in a fit of rage and Amara was
so distraught that they believed she died of a broken heart.” he says, blowing out a breath.
“Fuck. So two of us betrayed her. Tristan by turning against her, and Lucius by killing one of her bonds,” | curse
and Deacon nods.
| try to picture which one of us would be most likely to betray the others, but | can’t imagine any of us doing
that. | have no idea who Tristan might be, but I'm pretty sure I'm the only one that would do what Lucius did.
“I hate to get into the whole nature vs nurture debate, but | don’t think we have to worry about that this time
around. | think Tristan was a victim of circumstance, and that is why he did what he did,” Deacon comments.
“Likeyou mean? Aren't | also a victim of circumstance? | didn’t have the happy upbringing you all had. |
should be the obvious choice to be Tristan.”
“Why do | feel like you are trying to convinceyou were tristan?” He asks, narrowing his eyes at me.
“I'm not. I'm trying to prove the point that we put blinders on when it comes to the people we care about. You
were just so quick to say none of us would betray the others this taround, because we have had a good life,
but not all of us have always had a good life. By your logic, I'm a potential traitor. You should be suspicious of me
because you can be sure I'm suspicious of the rest of you now.”
“So now you distrust the rest of us? There's no reason for any of us to be a traitor. We are solid and have been
for years. Let's not start questioning each other now when we need to work together to find Harper,” Deacon
says, using his no-nonsense headmaster tone.
“How can | be sure that one of our group isn’t in on her disappearance? The rogues have always been one step
ahead of us. Maybe one of our group is the mole feeding them information,” | say, “I'm not accusing anyone. |
don’t think any of us would do that, but I'm also not stupid enough to completely rule it out. If this life has taught
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“Well, this is fantastic. I'm so glad we found this journal so we can all start to turn on each other,” Deacon
scowls, slamming the book closed and standing up.
“Where are you going?” | ask.
“Home, you can stay here and keep Raff informed. Now that you've planted that lovely seed of distrust in my
mind, I'm going to go and make sure Theo or Axel aren't plotting to take any more of our kids. | can clear you all
of suspicion, | just can’t clear myself to the rest of you. When | get back, be ready to be compelled so we can
move forward without any doubts,” he sighs before porting out.
Deacon is right. He can compel the information out of us all. If there is a traitor amongst us, they can’t hide from
D. Not unless he is the traitor, or it’s Luke, who we can’t rule out because he’s currently making friends with the
enemy. | open the journal. | need to work out who Tristan is There has to be skind of clue in here, or a way
to work out which of us is which.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmI'm also interested in why history seems to keep repeating itself with the rogues. Why is there always someone
trying to dominate not just our kind, but the humans too? There has to be a reason for it that is more than just,
because they want to be superior. What would be the benefit of controlling the humans? What can they offer us
that we can’t already get without the need for complete control of them?
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