The air was silent. Then I looked straight into her eyes.
"Kai and Kael tried to kill me."
A frown knitted her brows and she glared at me.
"What? Be for real."
"I am for real." I leaned forward slightly, feeling the tension coil in my chest. "When the storm hit, it knocked Kael out cold. I actually saved that bastard and carried him all the way into the cave at the risk of my own life."
'At the risk of my own life. What a joke — like I had any other choice.'
"I don't expect anyone, not humans and certainly not our classmates at this point, to be understanding of my situation. But isn't decency the least we can expect from humans? We're not animals, for god's sake. Where did conscience go?"
I inhaled deeply, putting a leash on my rage. The fury wanted to break free, to lash out at everything — at Kai, at Kael, at this whole fucked situation. But losing control here wouldn't help.
