They Fear You

“What were you even thinking?”

His tone was like dunking my head into snow. It stabbed at my heart and stung my face as if he had slapped me.

“Wait, don’t answer that. Knowing you, you probably weren’t thinking at all. You never think through the consequences of your actions.”

“Hmmm,” was all I could manage to get out, attempting to get my voice low and remorseful. Part of me wanted to bite back, to argue my point, but the other, rather larger part, wanted to shift away from his anger. And honestly, I didn’t care what he said. All that mattered was that Amber was okay. She was the only thing I had left of… I stopped short, closing off the thought before it could finish, my heart squeezing in agony in my chest.

Blake ran a hand through his dishevelled hair. At least that hadn’t changed. I still drove him insane. He glared at me with his burning eyes.

His time within Tynan’s cel