It was silent. No one spoke, nor did they want to. I deserved this. Somehow I'd been too blind to even see what was right in front of me. The memory of it all keeps haunting me. All I can see is the hurt in her eyes as the rain collided with her skin and the gash on her neck that Natalia had given her. I should have listened, but I was too absorbed with my own insecurities that I failed to notice it all.

Everyone had hauled their way into the great dining hall. The round table was filled with brooding wolves and Seelies. Natalia had resorted to crying...