[b]“…how you would react if I told you…”[/b]
	Victoria snorted. “Because this was so much better,” she muttered.
	Her lips pulled down in a scowl as Alex finished, and her gaze hardened. “Keep me safe, huh?” she growled. “Is that what these last few years have been about for you? [i]‘Keeping me safe?’[/i]” She glanced to him, anger swimming in her eyes, before she quickly looked away once more. “Is [i]that[/i] why you befriended me? Because you knew what I can do, and wanted to keep an eye on me? How deep do your lies go?” She bit her lower lip and wrapped her arms around her midsection as the question that had been burning a dent in her brain now hung in the air between them. “I [i]did[/i] trust you, Alex. More than anyone. But only fools knowingly trust a lie.”