HAZEL
Her hands stilled on the bandage. When she spoke, her voice was ice.
"It was you who senselessly murdered and egged people on. Don't put that on me."
I flinched.
"It worked out in the end, did it not?" She resumed wrapping. "You are going to become part of the Lily of the Valley. You don't need any ball anymore. Even though you lost things, you gained more."
But I couldn't tell her what really hurt. I couldn't say his name without feeling like my chest was caving in. It was the sole reason I was crashing out and Goddess was it killing me.
I thought I could hold my tongue. Not give her any ammunition. Because she would probably find a way to turn this over my head. When it was her... It was her that didn't look deep enough to know the enemy was within. It was all her fault.
