The Freak Is The Mate Of The Lycan
I said, my voice gathering a strength I didn't know I had, a cold, vibrating fury, "is the 'lie' I told. This is the 'injury I faked'. This is the 'mutilation I did to myself'."
I turned, slowly, to face them. I didn't pull the tunic up. I let them see the front, the way the bandages had wrapped around my ribs.
I looked straight at Quinn.
Her mask was gone.
The perfect, grieving victim was gone. Her face was a sickly, greenish-white. Her eyes were wide, not with sorrow, but with the cornered, venomous fury of a snake.
"She's lying!" she shrieked, the sound tearing the air. It was no longer a beautiful, tragic wail. It was a screech. "It... it was rogues! A... a punishment from her old pack!