*Isadora*
The air leaves my lungs as though he has punched me, and my Wolf is being frantic, wanting me to run off. “Have you gone mad ?”
“I don't think so. Why do you think I taught you the rules of the game in the car ?” He just looks at me.
“Because you're a braggart”. I would have been so much happier if that was the real reason.
“Isa, dearest”. He holds my gaze firmly and without wavering. “I did actually first plan to play him myself, but as I was leaving the library, I realized that it's not my fight to win. I'm not the one he publicly rejected and humiliated. I'm not the one he turned his back on. I'm not the
one he abandoned”.
I shake my head lightly. “Taking the money he brought with him tonight will not change any of that”.
“No. His humiliation at losing will not in any
