[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bound-to-my-enemy":3,"chapter-bound-to-my-enemy-bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-106":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Bound to my Enemy",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1600044,2067,"Chapter 106.","bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-106",106,"\u003Cp>He lets me. His hand stays on my waist but he doesn’t stop me from facing him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looks calm, too calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You killed him?\" I whisper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How do you even know it was him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I made sure it was him and I don’t miss my target little spitfire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes harden when he says that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re sure?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I watched him admit it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My throat tightens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t want details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When?\" I ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The very day you told me what he did, I went out to find him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s been walking around me. Sleeping beside me..... touching me Knowing that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You didn’t tell me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His jaw clenches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because I knew you’d look at me like this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Like what.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Like I’m a monster.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My chest feels tight. I don’t know what I’m feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anger tries to come up first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You had no right. That was my kill eventually.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He nods once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That was my.....\" I stop. My voice cracks. \"That was my trauma to deal with.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And he was still breathing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The way he says it makes my skin prickle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t get to decide that,\" I say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I already did.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence falls heavy between us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I search his face for something. Shame, doubt..... Hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s none.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t regret it,\" he says.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My eyes flicker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not even a little.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You killed someone Zane.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes I did.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For me?.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My chest tightens painfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You shouldn’t have.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I would do it again and again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My heart skips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zane...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I would do it over and over,\" he says, voice steady, eyes locked on mine. \"And I would kill anyone who thinks they can touch you like that ever again .\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s no exaggeration in him just the honest truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And that’s supposed to make me feel better?\" I ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s supposed to make you understand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Understand what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That no one hurts you and walks away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My breathing gets uneven\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think this fixes it?\" I ask. \"You think him being dead erases what happened to me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then what was the point?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face shifts slightly into something softer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The point is he doesn’t get to exist in the same world as you anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My eyes burn and I blink rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn’t ask you to avenge me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You didn’t have to. You are my wife.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I look down at my hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’re shaking but not from fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Part of me feels lighter and I hate that because that means some part of me is relieved that he is no more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He begged,\" Zane says quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My head snaps u up\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t want details.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not giving you details.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then why say that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because I want you to know he wasn’t very powerful at the end.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My throat closes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moves his hand to my face now, not gripping just holding my jaw gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You were the only one who felt powerless,\" he says. \"Not him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tears finally spill over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t sob not yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know what I’m supposed to feel,\" I admit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Feel whatever you want.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I feel sick you killed someone for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I feel relieved too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His thumb wipes a tear from my cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I feel guilty for feeling relieved.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His jaw tightens again\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have nothing to feel guilty about. I did the killing my little spitfire, it’s me that’s to blame. Put all the blame on me if it makes you feel better, pour it all on me, I will gladly carry the burden for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You killed someone for me Zane..... I really don’t know how to feel about that. The person that has been my greatest nightmare ever is.... Is just gone. And you did that you..... you .\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And I’d do it again Elaine. No questions asked.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That part doesn’t change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You scare me,\" I whisper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes flicker to me for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you think I’d ever hurt you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\" The answer is so immediate that it surprises me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then don’t confuse what I am capable of with who I am to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stare ah at him. H\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re not afraid of what I did,\" he says quietly. \"You’re afraid of what it means.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And what does it mean.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That I don’t draw lines when it comes to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room feels smaller with just both of us inside now after he says that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t get to own me,\" I say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not owning you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You said you’d slay anyone who dares to hurt me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes and that’s very different from owning you little spit fire. \"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s not normal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t care about normal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulls me back into his chest and thus time I don’t resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not because I’m overpowered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because I’m exhausted and my mind is overloaded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His arms wrap around me tightly .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You should have told me,\" I murmur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I deserved to know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I lean back into him slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His heartbeat is steady against mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You really don’t regret it?\" I ask one more time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I regret that it happened to you,\" he adds quietly. \"I regret I wasn’t there. I regret I didn’t find him sooner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My eyes close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hand rubs up and down my arm slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t need you to be my executioner,\" I whisper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m your husband.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And husbands don’t usually commit murder,\" I say faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He doesn’t respond to that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while he presses his lips to my temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won’t apologize for protecting you even though you don’t like it,\" he says\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know if that’s protection or possession.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His arms tighten slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s both.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That honesty makes my chest ache... we lie there like that after a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No more words to be said between us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But my mind keeps replaying it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He doesn’t breathe anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man who hurt me years ago is gon gone and he’s Gone because of Zane.\u003C\u002Fp>",1006,"2026-06-06T09:39:37.420Z",1,"novelbin.me","b26e4269c48812f8aba8ac74fafb8341b0682726d7c126d3638e1e2829893288","bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-107","bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-105",266,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbound-to-my-enemy-cover.jpg"]