-Glyndon Walton: (Song of the chapter: Renegade by Aaryan Shah)
The second the words left my lips, I regretted them.
I wanted to take them back, pretend I never said them.
But I couldn't.
Kathrine's smirk disappeared.
She just stared at me, her expression unreadable. Something flickered in her eyes—shock, disbelief. Then, just as quickly, her features hardened.
"You?" she repeated like the word was foreign to her.
My heart pounded in my chest.
I swallowed and forced myself to hold her gaze. "Yes," I said, voice rough. "Me."
Kathrine laughed.
Not the light, warm kind that made me feel stupid and dizzy.
This one was sharp. Bitter. Cold.
It sent a chill down my spine.
"Are you fucking kidding me?" she said, shaking her head. "You want me? After everything? After three years of treating me like trash? Of shoving me, pushing me, acting like I was beneath you? Now you want me?"
My fists clenched. "It's not—"
