WINTER
Julian’s eyes widened in shock as though he had never expected I would say something like that about them.
Then he snapped at me “You were once the heart of our Pack, but now you’re nothing more than a viper with a poisonous tongue. I suppose Crystal was right about you all along, that beneath the mask you’ve been wearing, you’re nothing but a rotten person.”
I blinked, unfazed. His words didn't hurt me, my brow arching in interest instead.
It didn’t surprise me that Crystal had wasted no time spreading her venom once I was gone. And poor Julian, a man easily swayed, had fallen right into her lies.
Or maybe the men of Stoneclaw Pack had always been the same; too dumb and blind to the truth.
“You see now, don’t you? So walk away. Leave me alone, Julian. Because vipers bite,
