nne'

ink I can't see through your lies?" His voic

ut anything." I didn't even kn

"I don't understand. What are you tal

ssion. "Nothing wrong? Why don't you tell him why you came back af

a punch to the gut. I gasped,

have been sleeping around w

ng!" My voice cracked as I pleaded with Phillip to be

t me with a smug look on her face. I knew this h

t me to believe that? I saw you leave with a man, Roxanne. With

ezing out there in the rain, about to die. And the man

wasn't like that!" I said, desp

! He drove me to a motel so I wouldn't die from the

e? What did you offer him in return?" Elen

p wouldn't believe me. His l

? Do you think I'm blind to the truth? Yo

uld bear, but I couldn't stop

u've been sleeping with Elena, haven't you? And yet-" Before I

on blurring as I collapsed to the ground.I

ache in my chest hurt far worse. Philli

who are nothing but a lying,

heart shattering as the words fell from hi

onewood pack, reject you, Roxanne,

hrown out of the pack I grew up in.I left the area entirely, going

picked up a job as a barmaid. I had to go far

d away from the place

me busy and helped me forget the ache

owd, and that was fine by me. No one kne

, travelers, and drifters gathered in clusters

d off things I shouldn't be thinki

ng orders and delivering drink

ups," one of our regulars called out,

" I called out, forc

drunk, a whole lot. You have to be either filthy

around, ready to call it a night and

ted danger and power. He didn't belon

h beat louder than the last. Everyone turned silent as th

a world entirely different from mine, one I could ne

mmanding submission from everyone all a

d with so much intensity,

a seat at the far end of the bar. If he

wasn't someone to mess with. I didn't know why, but s

lse, I approached him, drink in hand,

ht now, in the comfort of my

t Phillip, someone to take my mind