ALPHA'S REGRET, QUEEN'S REVENGE
their songs," I told him, moving closer still. "I wanted you safe." "You left me." "I was afraid!" "Of me?" "No! Of losing you. And now I'm losing you anyway." Fists clenched at his hips, trembling. "Then why did you come? You wouldn't take my love for you." I swallowed hard. "Because your love is impure and I still believe there's good in you somewhere, under all the rage and decay, that my brother still exists." He turned away from me again. "Don't do that," I panted. "Don't turn away." "You don't know what I've done." "Yes, I do." "I killed them, Akasha. I didn't even blink." "I know." "I enjoyed it." "No, you didn't." He spun on me. "Don't tell me what I did or didn't feel!" I stood my