"What ya doing?" A voice asks from above me. I close my eyes and groan internally.

"Trying to find silence." I mutter.

"Hmm, looks more like you are spying on Marcos, Hayes." Nisha asks, dropping from the tree next to me where I hide and watch Marcos as he examines Kyra.

"I'm not spying on Marcos." I say defensively. She steps up next to me, looking straight ahead, and then she chuckles.

"So, are you going to apologize to her?"

I ignore her as I focus on Marcos' gentle, unmaimed hands as they glide across her bruised back. He eases her to the side, checking out the bruise on her abdomen, his thumb inching too close to her breasts-

"Hayes," Nisha says, stepping in front of me. Her dark brown eyes lock on mine as I clear my throat and look away quickly. "Seems like she is has gotten under your skin."

"She is not," I scoff, turning my back on Nisha and walking deeper into the trees. Every step away from where Marcos is touching Kyra feels like a brick is added to my body weight, sinking me further into the ground making it impossible to move further.

"What'd she do to you then?" Nisha pounces in front of me with a glimmer of excitement in her eye. Her short loose curls bobble with her head as she tilts it to the side, waiting for an answer.

"Kyra and I are old friends. She didn't do anything to me." I say firmly. It's the truth. When it comes to hurting Kyra, it seems I am almost always the root cause, and it sucks just as much now as it did back then.

"Oh," Nisha laughs as she covers her mouth. "Oh, you feel guilty."

My shoulders slump and I frown as I look directly into the thin werewolf's eyes.

"I feel bad she got hurt, yes, but my motive was justified." I clip out. "Kyra does not belong here. She shouldn't have been allowed on this mission."

Nisha makes a face, one that says 'interesting but I disagree' and I roll my eyes. Of the group we have with us, Nisha is annoyingly the most perceptive. Though Dean may be as well, he is much better at controlling his face when it comes to things he disagrees with. "Keep your opinion to yourself, Nisha." I warn her and she puts her hands up, feigning innocence.

didn't say

have to. Your face always speaks louder than your

rolls her eyes. Her bubbly personality is a constant point of contention between us. But her desire for revenge is just as strong

Koda." She says, as she waggles her

and she rolls

hides a wry smile. "Keep looking at me like that and I might almost be convinced you are jealous. You

at me, and

back to camp, Nisha." I sigh, turning my back on her as I walk away. She once again shoots around me and stands in my way. This time, her hands land on my chest and she gives me a soft, sad look. "Wait. You owe Kyra an apology, Hayes. And you should do it sooner

shit up and you

out, shoving her aside as I storm back to where I had come from. "I'll

but with every passing second, all I can see is Marcos' hands on Kyra. What if Marcos crosses a line and she is too weak to handle herself? Not that Marcos would ever do such a thing, but my mind can't think straight. My pace quickens, and my mind wanders

right, but I don't detour toward him.

calls again, and then he

he looks at me like I am

says. "Koda is tracking him now, making sure he goes further away. But it looks like

looking right at Dean as

it is the second one that Kyra mentioned?" I ask

would make sense. They aren't usually in this area, so for it to be a separate incident, it would

I grumble, dragging my good hand through my hair. "Where is Koda,

furrows his brow in confusion. "He is near the ridge

and watching the bastard dragon. "No!" Dean roars, chasing after me. "We can't

I snort a laugh.

is bruised and broken. After witnessing who hurt her. And I will kill this that, I can do anything neto fucker who thinks it is okay to hunt and try to kill our kind just for the sheer

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