Chapter 37

Jessica pales.

She’s like a fawn. Her eyes dart around nervously, but there is nowhere to go.

“I asked you a question.”

She licks her lips to moisten them. It’s one of her nervous habits. “I, uh, just meant that they didn’t stand a chance against us.

I look at her as if seeing her for the first time. It’s true she’s always underfoot and I’m as familiar with her as I am with myself.

But I don’t know that I’ve really seen her.

Not in a very long time.

“Are you happy, Jess?”

If my first question made her nervous, this one has her even more unsettled. She bites her lip hard and lowers her gaze.

know, she’s been alone for at

of the wolves. They attacked me that fateful day,

d ie to ki ll

something stu pid, Jess?”

eye. Her gaze

I slam my hand on

and shatter and the

anything!” she insists.

a part or she knows

I feel

the dining room, terrified. But there is nowhere she can go or hide

into the sideboard. The food and glass and porcelain shatter all

room. He lets out a low whistle.

is partially shifted but I’m coherent enough

out of my system so I can think

are.

really don’t want to ki ll one of my own

not yet.

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