Dawn's POV
The moment he asked me what possessed me to run away without asking for help, my mind was filled with Cole’s terrified face, the image of my parents lying lifeless on the ground, and the countless screams that still echoed in my head even though the battle was over. I knew I had made an impulsive decision. I knew I could have died. I knew that if Wayne had not come when he did, I would not be sitting here at all. But the words refused to leave my mouth.
Wayne stared at me for a few long seconds, waiting, expecting something….anything. When I still did not speak, something inside him snapped.
“ANSWER ME!” he shouted, his voice echoing through the cave so sharply that I flinched. His eyes were still faintly glowing from the shift he had forced himself out of. His jaw clenched
