Marriage First, Mate Second
Veronica replies eerily calmly, “You just ever got it. I tried and tried to tell you, but you never listened. You took something from me. Something that wasn’t yours to take. And you have to pay. That’s just the way it is.”
My mate and I each hold our staff, and I scan the park for something that I can use as a weapon. Not a magical weapon, just a regular weapon. I find a steak knife that looks as if it was discarded from a long-ago picnic. I have no idea if it will work, but it's sharp, and I carefully hide it up my sleeve as a precaution.
“You almost killed Dan,” Hope says evenly, “You tried to kill me. You infiltrated my home, posing as my pet. Don’t you think I’ve suffered enough? What