A DANGEROUS TRUTH
257 Words
Kael.
The name echoed in my mind immediately.
Of course.
Who else would it be?
“You’re working for him,” I said.
It wasn’t a question.
The man didn’t deny it.
But he didn’t confirm it either.
“Let’s just say…” he began, his tone calm, “I’m making sure you don’t get yourself killed.”
“That’s not your job.”
“It is tonight.”
Something about the way he said it made me uneasy.
“You should go back,” he added.
“I’m not going back.”
His expression didn’t change.
But something in his eyes sharpened.
“You don’t understand what’s out here,” he said.
“And you do?”
“Yes.”
That single word carried more weight than anything else he had said so far.
Silence followed.
Tense.
Heavy.
“You’re not safe,” he continued.
“I wasn’t safe there either.”
“That’s different.”
“It’s not.”
Frustration crept into my voice despite my efforts to stay calm.
“You think leaving solves everything?” he asked.
“No,” I replied. “But staying would have destroyed me.”
That seemed to catch his attention.
For a moment, he actually looked at me.
Really looked at me.
Then—
“You’re more stubborn than I expected,” he said.
“And you’re more annoying than I expected,” I replied.
A faint smirk appeared again.
But it didn’t ease the tension.
Because deep down…
I knew this wasn’t over.
Not even close.
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