Dzhan
I shake my head at Coda, disbelief and confusion fuelling the madness inside my head. The beast within demands me to strike my friend for daring utter such nonsense. My eyes land on the trail of blood on his neck, right where I cut him with the sharp talons I still can’t retract, but I don’t care about hurting him, because he’s wrong. Del does not belong to that man. She can’t. She’s mine damn it! But the sliver of doubt slowly starts creeping up on me and I can’t fight it, I can’t put it to rest as I walk around the room, a trapped animal in a cage with no escape.
Deep down I know I have to calm down before I did something I’d actually regret. Coda doesn’t know the truth about me, just who my family is, and he’s seen more than enough and him seeing the rest of me, it will ruin me.
