“No, you wouldn’t,” Tammy tells me firmly, handing me a glass of water. “You had drained yourself completely. If he had left you there, you would have died that night rather than in a year.”
When I stare at her, shocked, she gives me another of those soothing smiles. “I’m a healer, Seline. Of course, I could tell.”
“You told Austin, didn’t you?” I close my eyes, already knowing the answer, but my heart still sinks as I hear myself say the words.
“He had a right to know.”
“He has no right!” I suddenly burst out, my anger rising because I can remember the pain in his voice. The confusion of this situation is too much for me. “After what he’s said to me, he has no right!”
Tammy doesn’t tell me to calm down or lower my voice. Instead, she waits, offering me the water that I just refu
