"I'm sorry, Eve. I was blind. I was deceived..." Kalen knelt in the mud, his once-proud eyes bloodshot and pleading.
"Please forgive me. Come back with me, won't you? The Bloodmoon Pack can't live without you, and neither can I..."
"This is the price you pay for offending me."
I looked down at him, throwing his own words back at him, word for word, from the day he banished me.
Kalen was stunned, his face instantly flushed crimson.
"I..."
"Kalen, you weren't deceived. You're just too selfish."
I cut him off, my voice devoid of warmth.
"You were afraid my strength threatened your position. So you'd rather cling to a frail illusion than admit you needed my protection. Now that you've lost everything, you finally remember my worth? Too late."
I turned away, not sparing him another gla
