“Selene—”
“Multiple times!” Her voice cracks with emotion. “You made it very clear what you thought of me. How weak I was. How I wasn’t worthy of standing beside you.”
The reminder of my own cruelty makes me wince. I sigh, the sound heavy with regret.
“I didn’t mean any of those things. In the forest, when you were with that boy, Darren—I was jealous. I said those things because I was angry and stupid.”
Tears still streaming down her face, she stares at me, clearly not convinced.
“But you wouldn’t survive in my family,” I continue, and she flinches. “That’s why I knew we weren’t a good match. My family is intense, domineering. They’d eat you alive.”
“That’s not helping.” Her voice is small, anxious. She wraps her arms around herself, looking smaller than I’ve ever seen her. “There ha
