Remi POV
I stared at the empty doorway for three full seconds.
He said love. He said it. He didn't mean to say it but he said it and then he walked away angry and now—
Focus, Parrot said softly. Not now. Later. Focus on right now.
Right. but then something shifted.
Because the shock was wearing off. And something else was moving in to replace it.
Oh, Parrot said. Oh there it is.
"Don't."
Too late. It's here. It arrived. Congratulations we're angry.
She was right. I was angry. Actually properly angry.
Not the quiet hurt kind. The hot kind. The kind that starts in your chest and moves up your throat.
He didn't believe me.
I almost died three times for this man. THREE times. I rode him back from a curse episode while everyone else ran. His venom. His sleepwalking. His mother. Hi
