Leo shook his head once more, and if it weren’t for the fact that I’d almost gotten in huge trouble, I probably would’ve asked why Leo couldn’t actually speak. He just kept shaking his head no to every single question his father was throwing at him.
Finally, Elijah turned back to look at me, and that intense, piercing look he’d had before was completely gone. He had this softer expression now, and he could barely even look me in the eye.
God, the absolute least he could do was apologize for overreacting. But he just stood there without saying anything at all.
Then he picked Leo up off the floor and walked away, leaving me just sitting there in complete confusion mixed with rage.
I hadn’t even done anything wrong in the first place, and he’d gone and accused me anyway. And even after he
