CHAPTER 21
A MIXTURE OF emotions flooded my soul. Anger led the charge, closely followed by sadness and, I hated to admit, jealousy.
Yes, I was furious at the Ramos clan, but I directed most of the venom at myself. Why the hell hadn’t I stuck around after Black’s apparent death and got to the bottom of this then? All that time I’d been trying to protect my friends, but I’d ended up consigning the person I loved most to months of suffering.
The sadness was over my relationship with Black. Would it ever be the same again? We’d always been able to talk to each other about anything. Well, almost anything, my true feelings for him aside. But today, the atmosphere had been strained. He seemed to be avoiding me, and his silence twisted my sanity.
Then there was the shame I felt at the green-e
