Chapter 95.

I’ve stopped crying by the time Bridget comes back.

I can tell that she’s annoyed by my actions. I don’t know why i’m reacting this way, maybe i’m just hurt and feeling pretty bad, but it’s no reason for me to shut my friend out. She’s been with me through thick and thin. She at leat deserves to know what happened.

A feeling of weakness surrounds me as i think back on what did.

How do i tel her whatt happened to me without looking weak and pitiful in her eyes? I know Bridget to be one of the strongest people i’ve ever met. If this happened to her, she wouldn’ bat an eye. In fact, it would fill her with even more drive to prove those who said bad things against her wrong.

I feel that. It’s like an ache in my bones, the need to make Tristan and Cerebrus eat their words. I have to do that.

But something about being spoken to harshly has always had an effect on me, and maybe i haven’t grown out of that too.

I thought working and living with Malachi had helped me develop a thick skin, but