The two stared at each other like they were silent duelists waiting for the signal to begin pacing off.
I stood between them, angry, exhausted yet riveted.
They didn’t say anything for a long time. I could almost see the fury building inside of Nicholas. And I could tell from the defiant look on Roan’s face as he intently stared at his best friend that he was waiting for the explosion.
“I told you not to get involved in my business,” Nicholas broke the silence in a low voice filled with fury.
Roan replied in the same tone, “If you’d just listen…”
“Don’t.”
“Um…” I started, but Nicholas sliced me a ferocious look that told me to shut my mouth. Squaring my shoulders, I told him courageously, “Whatever it is you’re fighting, I don’t want to be a part of it no longer. So if you’d just get
