Wolf Rachael
When we rounded the bend, I saw her—Rochelle, waiting like an actress mid-monologue whose stage had been sabotaged.
She wasn’t angry at me.
She was furious at something else.
At someone who’d taken her spotlight.
Her mouth was a stiff, unmoving slash of restraint, but her fingers betrayed her—tight, twitching, nails digging into palm.
The scent of burned ego hung around her like cologne.
“You look nervous,” I murmured as they forced me to kneel. My voice was raw, but steady. She didn’t answer. I lifted my chin, staring directly into the mask she hadn’t quite sealed over her rage.
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