"Yes! I told them to fight!" His hand rakes across the table, food and dishes flying through the air and shattering across the floor. His haunted eyes never leave mine. "Is that all you want to hear? Yes, I told my pack to lay down their lives for you, not because I love you, but because it's what is best for the future of the pack. I once told you I was afraid that one day would come where I had to pick between you and the pack, that I was afraid of who I would choose. I'm telling you now, that this situation is not that, I am able to pick you both, because keeping you alive is best for my pack."
"Yes, yours, not mine." I fall down in my chair, the adrenaline from my anger leaving me in waves. "To them I'm just a problem, a problem they don't even know."
Danyal's raging shadow hovers ab
