Leilani.
'My mates will never do something like that!' was the first thought I had before I realized how stupid it sounded.
How weird. How utterly naive I would seem by saying something as obnoxious as that.
I mean, these same mates have been the ones to torture me. To hurt me and treat me so poorly. So why the hell would I think differently about them now?
Why do I, for any reason, think that Zevran with all of his kindness, cannot team up with his brothers to hurt me?
I vaguely remembered how he'd helped me that day. How he had driven me to his so-called 'safety', and now, I could not help but think that maybe… just maybe it was part of the plan. That maybe he'd done that to make it seem more believable…
"Or maybe he'd done it for you to easily trust him." Darius completed for me, slipping into the barriers of my head like it was his second home. And that made me frown deeply.
"Get out of my head!" I spat, rolling my eyes when he threw his hands up and bowed his head.
