Chapter 127\u00a0<\/p>\n
What did you do, Tristan?\u201d The way she\u2019d said my name, with disappointmed and growing anger, had made me flinch.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Shame had washed over me in waves, I couldn\u2019t say it, but I needed to. I need her help to make this right, to fix whatever I\u2019d broken.\u00a0<\/p>\n
31%\u00a0<\/p>\n
Because she was right. I did love Athena. Every fiber of my being\u00a0<\/p>\n
arned for her, and I\u00a0<\/p>\n
didn\u2019t\u00a0<\/p>\n
think could\u00a0<\/p>\n
survive watching her be with someone else.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI called her jess, I\u2019d finally admitted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou did what? Sarah\u2019s eyes had actually changed color, shifting from brown to gold as her wolf rose to the surface. I\u2019d never seen her this angry, this protective of someone who wasn\u2019t her direct family.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She\u2019d stood there glaring at me with the kind of fearless fury that would have made most werewolves back down immediately.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But I\u2019d just stood there drowning in shame, not caring that I was an\u00a0<\/p>\n
my life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alpha, not caring about anything except the fact that I\u2019d destroyed\u00a0<\/p>\n
west thing in\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d she\u2019d demanded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I got drunk one night and ended up at her place. One thing led to another, and we ended up The words had tasted like poison in my mouth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
in bed. I told her I loved her, but I called her Jess instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sarah had looked at me like I was the most disgusting creature she\u2019d ever encountered. She\u2019d walked to where she\u2019d left her purse and started heading\u00a0<\/p>\n
for the door.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The sight of her leaving had snapped me out of my shame\u2013induced paralysis. I\u2019d run after her, catching her arm before she could walk out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Sarah, please,\u201d I\u2019d begged.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Let me go, Tristan. Let me go before I do something I shouldn\u2019t do to an Alpha.\u201d The way she\u2019d spat out my title had made it clear she didn\u2019t think I\u00a0<\/p>\n
deserved it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Please, I need your help. I\u2019m sorry, I swear I didn\u2019t know how\u2026\u201d I\u2019d run my hands through my hair in frustration. \u201cI was drunk, and I felt like I was betraying Jess. I don\u2019t know, I just\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
For the first time, Sarah had looked at me with something like pity, and I\u2019d hated it. I didn\u2019t want pity.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I pity you, Tristan,\u201d she\u2019d said, confirming my worst fears. \u201cYou know why?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019d waited, dreading whatever she was going to say next.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Because you\u2019re going to lose everything you\u2019re afraid of losing if you keep this up. You think Orion will stay your friend if he finds out you\u2019ve been hurting his sister like this? You\u2019ll lose your friendship, your love, and the only people you have left who are like family. And I won\u2019t be able to help you because I won\u2019t even be on your side.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The thought of losing her too had been like a punch to the gut. \u201cYou\u2019d leave me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She\u2019d nodded without hesitation. \u201cYes, I can\u2019t support evil, Tristan. Those two people let you into their hearts and loved you with everything they had. And this is how you repay them?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat should I do? What can I do? I don\u2019t know what to do anymore.\u201d And then I\u2019d said something I\u2019d never said in my entire life: \u201cI\u2019m scared, Sarah.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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31%\u00a0<\/p>\n
The admission had hung between us like a confession. I was scared terrific nf losing Athena forever, terrified of being alone, terrified of admitting the\u00a0<\/p>\n
truth about my feelings.\u00a0<\/p>\n
one.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sarah\u2019s expression had softened immediately. She\u2019d walked back to me and wopped me in a hug that felt like forgiveness and tough love all rolled into\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t have to be scared, she\u2019d whispered. \u201cYou just need to correct your mistakes and tell yourself the truth. You can deceive everyone else, but you can\u2019t deceive yourself forever.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
When she\u2019d pulled back, she\u2019d looked at me with the kind of steady determination that had made me believe, for the first time in weeks, that this might actually be fixable..\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019m going to ask you some questions, and I need you to answer me honestly Can you do that?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019d nodded, ready to do whatever it took.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you love Athena?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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