e, but leave Keira out of this, Jace cut in, his voice steady but tense.


    Tanyaughed. “Are you scared I’ll drag her down with me?”


    Of course, he was scared. And honestly, so was


    I’d already figured out she was going to try and use me or Matthew as leverage. Now, it was


    obvious.


    “This has nothing to do with Keira, Jace said, trying to keep things calm.


    “Nothing to do with her? Tanya’s voice cracked. “Everything I wanted–she ruined it all!”


    Her words were filled with desperation.


    She red at me like I was the viin in her story. “Keita, are youing over here or not? If you


    don’t, I’m


    jumping.”


    Yeah, I wasn’t moving. No way I was letting her pull me into her mess. Even with the safetys


    below, I wasn’t about to gamble with my life for her.


    I


    And for what? To die because of her drama? Please. People would probably say I had iting.


    “Why should I care if you jump?” I shot back, smirking.


    Everything went dead silent. Even the firefighters froze. One of them muttered, “Don’t provoke her.”


    Tanya’s face twisted–she hadn’t seen thating. She thought we were all scared, that we’d y


    her game. She didn’t expect me to be this… icy.


    “Keira Kay, this is all your fault!” she screamed.


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    “You stole my fiancé, and now you’re acting like the victim? Seriously, Tanya Twain, where do you


    get off? “I shot back, my voice steady as I took slow steps forward.


    “If Jace really loved you, he wouldn’t have been with me,” Tanya spat, not even a hint of shame.


    I nced at Jace, whose face was pale, his jaw tight.


    “Yeah, well, I never imed he loved me. I lost him to you a long time ago. Is that why you dragged


    me up here? To rub it in?”


    Jace shot me a look, clearly shocked. Tanya, caught off guard too, just stood there, speechless.


    For a second, the whole rooftop was still. Then, suddenly, she let out a piercing scream.