Chapter 27 - Zak

“FUCK!” I scream, slamming my fist into the wall, punching a hole in it.  I don’t even realize that my hand is bleeding until Charlie wraps a towel around it.  I try to shake her off.  “Leave it.  It’ll heal in a few minutes.”  

“Yeah, but we don’t need to get blood in the carpet,” she mutters.

“Well, that was a fucking shit show,” Devin exhales a loud sigh.  His hands are fisted at his temples and his shoulders are slumped.

Xander, looking much more human at this point, puts his hand on Devin’s shoulder.  “I’m sorry, Babe.  I didn’t mean to lose it like that.  If I hadn’t - “

“He would have kept going,” I say, falling heavily onto one of the couches.  “He was angry and he just chose you to vent on.”