My breath shook. “What does that have to do with me? I didn’t do anything to you!”
“Oh, but you did,” she purred, leaning in until her nose almost brushed mine. “She lives inside you. Her power. Her soul..”
She jerked my head back again, making me cry out.
“And I can’t,” she said slowly, each word dripping poison, “let her awaken inside you. I can’t let that stupid b***h destroy me again.”
Something snapped inside me so hard I felt like I might explode.
“So you’re scared,” I whispered, my voice shaking but sharp. “You’re terrified.”
Her eyes flashed. Her smile vanished.
Then—
She grabbed my hair and yanked.
Hard.
So hard my scream echoed through the cave.
My vision blurred with tears, but I forced myself to hold her gaze.
She hated that.
She slammed my head back against the st
