Chapter 127
What did you do, Tristan?” The way she’d said my name, with disappointmed and growing anger, had made me flinch.
Shame had washed over me in waves, I couldn’t say it, but I needed to. I need her help to make this right, to fix whatever I’d broken.
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Because she was right. I did love Athena. Every fiber of my being
arned for her, and I
didn’t
think could
survive watching her be with someone else.
“I called her jess, I’d finally admitted.
“You did what? Sarah’s eyes had actually changed color, shifting from brown to gold as her wolf rose to the surface. I’d never seen her this angry, this protective of someone who wasn’t her direct family.
She’d stood there glaring at me with the kind of fearless fury that would have made most werewolves back down immediately.
But I’d just stood there drowning in shame, not caring that I was an
my life.
Alpha, not caring about anything except the fact that I’d destroyed
west thing in
“When?” she’d demanded.
‘I 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.
in bed. I told her I loved her, but I called her Jess instead.
Sarah had looked at me like I was the most disgusting creature she’d ever encountered. She’d walked to where she’d left her purse and started heading
for the door.
The sight of her leaving had snapped me out of my shame–induced paralysis. I’d run after her, catching her arm before she could walk out.
‘Sarah, please,” I’d begged.
‘Let me go, Tristan. Let me go before I do something I shouldn’t do to an Alpha.” The way she’d spat out my title had made it clear she didn’t think I
deserved it.
‘Please, I need your help. I’m sorry, I swear I didn’t know how…” I’d run my hands through my hair in frustration. “I was drunk, and I felt like I was betraying Jess. I don’t know, I just…”
For the first time, Sarah had looked at me with something like pity, and I’d hated it. I didn’t want pity.
‘I pity you, Tristan,” she’d said, confirming my worst fears. “You know why?”
I’d waited, dreading whatever she was going to say next.
‘Because you’re going to lose everything you’re afraid of losing if you keep this up. You think Orion will stay your friend if he finds out you’ve been hurting his sister like this? You’ll lose your friendship, your love, and the only people you have left who are like family. And I won’t be able to help you because I won’t even be on your side.”
The thought of losing her too had been like a punch to the gut. “You’d leave me?”
She’d nodded without hesitation. “Yes, I can’t 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?”
“What should I do? What can I do? I don’t know what to do anymore.” And then I’d said something I’d never said in my entire life: “I’m scared, Sarah.
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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
truth about my feelings.
one.
Sarah’s expression had softened immediately. She’d walked back to me and wopped me in a hug that felt like forgiveness and tough love all rolled into
“You don’t have to be scared, she’d whispered. “You just need to correct your mistakes and tell yourself the truth. You can deceive everyone else, but you can’t deceive yourself forever.”
When she’d pulled back, she’d 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..
I’m going to ask you some questions, and I need you to answer me honestly Can you do that?”
I’d nodded, ready to do whatever it took.
“Do you love Athena?”
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