FATED COMPANION

ed her retreat down the corridor, her steps were quic

new my voice was a hook in her spine, that would

ust like that night wh

a second, barely noticeable

ocking tone, "but we both know the truth. You left Jamie to

head snapped around to glare at me,

hissed, her voice low

clashed with the pain I could see simmering inside of her. "You think you can just bu

gh gritted teeth, turning back towa

you from the big bad wolves? He doesn't even know what you are, does he? A liar. A

ast that I almost st

about me," she snapped, her

ed, rejected mutt who didn't even have the decency to die when your best friend sacr

yed silent, her jaw tightening as th

ay what we're all thinking, that you were never worth the price he paid.

e was debating punching me

that got you thrown out of your pack in the first place. Or maybe that

second, I thought I had her. But instead of explod

rage. "You don't get to twist what happened like you weren't part of it. Lik

h as your pack tore him apart while you did nothing

her glare remained fie

back, hardening my tone. "Alwa

early done with the con

ing?" I asked, stepping in fr

id, her voice

You know that, right? Dimitri might protect you for now, but how long until he figures out what you

htly I thought it might

nows your wayward life killed your best friend?" I pressed, my tone dri

, her voice echoing do

cracks in her composure.

me, but I stepped sidewa

thias," she said, in a

Cry on his shoulder? Tell him the sob story about

I hadn't seen in years. "You

d I know you sure as hell don't deserve to be standing here now, pretending you're some kind

flickering toward the end of the hall

rward. "Afraid Dimitri might hear the truth? A

tthias," she spat, her voice tre

g into something almost gentle. "You want him to see you as strong, a

e might finally snap. But instead, she straightened, lif

me," she said,

Then why are

sharply and started walking again, her

n't done.

dropping into a low, and dange

me and quick

ar

his time, I planted myself firmly in fr

rst time, I saw something flicke

sked, in a calm voice

could feel the tension r

gain, her voice wa

didn't

ing for he

to see the defiance flicker in he