Page 90 of Lies (Wicked Empire 1)

And he hadn’t.

Because of Davit.

What would happen to the man now?

I didn’t know, and I didn’t care.

Because Davit would take care of it.

I still remembered his calm and the way he seemed entirely unaffected by what had been happening as he’d choked the man unconscious.

I waited for the disgust, the shock, but it never came.

All I felt was gratitude.

Because if Davit hadn’t been there, if he had hesitated to step in, I knew how the night would have ended.

As I lay there, I thought about where I was.

I couldn’t count on my father. He didn’t believe me, and deep down, I knew he never would.

Somebody had tried to kill me.

I’d thought I was the only person I could count on, but I knew that wasn’t the full story.

I couldn’t count on myself, wasn’t equipped to handle the situation I now found myself in.

The truth was something I couldn’t deny.

The only person I could trust—the one I prayed I could rely on—was Davit.

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