°•♡Chapter 55~ Enemy in the Shadows

His features twisted slightly at the corners, but he didn’t scoff or dismiss me like I expected. He simply said, voice low, “You shouldn't have come here.”

The wind blew dust between us. His shirt was damp with sweat, his chest still rising and falling from the training session I had interrupted him.

“And yet here I am.” I replied nonchalantly. For once I'd be the one ruffling his feathers.

"If you're here to dig up the past, you can turn right back around."

"I’m not the one that hasn't moved on," I said, voice even. "I’m here because you may not have a future if you keep ignoring what’s right in front of you."

He laughed bitterly. “Is that what you’re selling now? Prophecies and riddles? You didn’t care about this pack. Don’t pretend now.”

"I didn't care?," I said softly. "You watched selene humiliate me for years. You scarred my face and left me in a cell. Don’t twist this."

His expression faltered for a fraction of a second before he looked away. “That was five years ago.”

“And you