Making Amends

Emily

Cora shifted back again, leaving me before everyone around me. Everyone slowly began to quiet down and stopped fighting, looking at one another with remorse. Too much had been spilled already, and a lot of men and women had already lost their mates and family members.

And maybe...I should still be happy. Hope has finally been stopped from all her malice and killing spree. It should bring me joy because I am finally free of her, she won't be able to do any more harm to me or Tyler. She will never be able to hurt someone else, leaving unprotected packs, and killing innocent people, right?

But why do I suddenly feel so guilty?

“This isn't right,” I whispered to myself, feeling a pang of guilt in my heart. “Emily, you can't feel guilty. There was no other way around this. She caused a lot of harm, she needed to be stopped.” Amethyst says in a hushed tone, but I know she was feeling a bit guilty too.

“I didn't want Hope to die, I never meant to hurt anyone, it's not who I am.”

“Yo