CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: IN THE MOOD TO REBEL
How will rescuing the werewolf help you achieve your goals? Maevnussut asked me without missing a beat. I hesitated for one moment before responding. It wasn’t like I was betraying Miriam’s trust and I wasn’t even sure if she could hear us. But I had the feeling that she would perceive what I was about to say as a treachery. I will be striking a deal with them – my help in exchange for my vendetta. It wasn’t a complete lie, but it was the way I said that made the betrayal more poignant. The stoic coldly statement triggered Miriam’s reaction in a violent reaction. At least that was what I told myself later, much later with retrospection. She’d been reading my mind again without asking for my permission as usual. “What the hell are you saying?” my best friend exploded angrily, striding
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