Chapter 134

*****Erika's POV***** When Jace spoke those words. It felt like the world came crashing down for a moment as I struggled to understand what he meant. I spun around to face Jace, my heart pounding in my chest. The anger and confusion that had been simmering inside me finally erupted. "How in the world could you keep something this significant from me?" I demanded, my voice laced with a mix of hurt and frustration. I could see the guilt flicker across Jace's eyes, but I wasn't about to let him off the hook that easily. Questions tumbled out of my mouth in rapid succession, my words overlapping his feeble attempts to respond. It was as if a dam had burst inside me, and I couldn't stop the flood of emotions and inquiries that poured out. "You aren't a Blackwood and you couldn't even tell me about this?!" I shrieked, his earlier words playing in my mind again. He was a Hart? As in Hart? How was all these even possible? "It's the truth, Rika." He still went ahead to reply in a nonchalant ton