“I’M SORRY FOR THREATENING to call the CED,” said Cherry as her autocar neared her home. “I’m sorry I overreacted. And I would never have you forcibly sedated.” She gave a shudder and put her hand over her eyes. What the hell had she been thinking?
When she’d heard the Guardians had sedated Aubriot, she’d been outraged. Even though the man was an asshole, even though if she’d been forced to choose someone to be sedated, it would have been him, she’d been incensed. She couldn’t believe the gall of the creatures, their arrogance in deciding to deprive someone of their consciousness.
And then she’d gone and threatened to do the same thing to Wilder. Would the girl ever forgive her? Probably not, and she wouldn’t blame her. In Wilder’s shoes, she certainly would never forgive anyone who thre
