In the dim underground parking lot, Brittany was unrecognizable, her composure shattered, her voice shrill like a she-wolf unhinged. "Christopher, how could you do this?" she wailed. "Didn't you love me most? How can you go back to her? You're unbound now! You promised to stay with me in Elthenia!"
Christopher rubbed his temple, finding her outburst irrational. "Brittany, I've told you and everyone else a hundred times—we're history. Whatever kindness I showed you, like Lauren said, was just me chasing some old first-love fantasy. I was wrong."
Brittany's voice spiked, tears streaking her face, her expression pitiful. "Wrong? You're saying you were wrong now?" She pointed at him, desperate. "Don't you remember what you said when Lauren showed up in Elthenia? I said you two didn't match,
